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Dozens of schools have been damaged and nearly 3,000 teenagers have been detained since the start of the tensions
Morning opening: French protests continue to escalate with 400 schools closed on FridaySome 100 schools have been severely damaged during French high school protests that escalated this week into “urban violence,”grievances range from overloaded timetables and overcrowded classes to insufficient teachers and unbearable temperatures during heatwavesNearly 3,000 lycée students – aged between 15 and 18 – have been detained since the start of the protests,there are no signs of tensions going down, with first incidents reported near the Jean-Rostand high school in Strasbourg and the Simone-Veil high school in Marseille.
Some 400 schools remain closed today. A student walks in a cloud of tear gas smoke as part of a student blockading protest near the Couffignal secondary school, in Strasbourg.
Damages from this week’s protests are likely to go into hundreds of millions euros,told BFMTV that the situation on the ground was “incomparable” to the riots on Thursday, with “far fewer demonstrators” joining the protests today. 11 schools in the region are affected, while 55 switched to e-learning, Jacques Witkowski told the broadcaster.
Some 100 schools have been severely damaged during French high school protests that escalated this week into “urban violence,”grievances range from overloaded timetables and overcrowded classes to insufficient teachers and unbearable temperatures during heatwavesNearly 3,000 lycée students – aged between 15 and 18 – have been detained since the start of the protests,there are no signs of tensions going down, with first incidents reported near the Jean-Rostand high school in Strasbourg and the Simone-Veil high school in Marseille. Some 400 schools remain closed today.
A student walks in a cloud of tear gas smoke as part of a student blockading protest near the Couffignal secondary school, in Strasbourg. Damages from this week’s protests are likely to go into hundreds of millions euros,
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