French high school blockades to restart on Monday, student unions say
Summary
French student unions say high school blockades will restart on Monday, with more expected from Tuesday. Students say the government’s education proposals do not address their main concerns, while President Emmanuel Macron has urged schools to resume classes.Key Facts
- Pierre Sourzat, head of the Lycéens! student group, said some high schools would be blockaded on Monday.
- Sourzat said the blockades would become more widespread on Tuesday.
- A Student Union spokeswoman said university and high school blockades were planned for Tuesday and Thursday.
- Hundreds of thousands of people, including students, protested across France on Saturday for the third consecutive weekend.
- The government announced measures including replacing the university admissions platform and providing loans for school renovations.
- Students said the proposals did not address issues such as the shortage of higher education places and applied proposed class-size reductions only to 10th grade.
- Macron called for classes to resume calmly and said young people had been heard.
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