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“Clashes have erupted in Paris, Marseille and other cities after tens of thousands of demonstrators, some in Halloween fancy dress, marched across France in a third wave of protests over the cost of living and deteriorating public services.”

“Since mid-September, students in metropolitan France have been mobilizing against poor conditions in public high schools.”

“Dozens of high schools across France were blockaded again on Monday as the government braced for another tense week of protests over school conditions and the high cost of living.”

“Street protests sweeping Europe are expected to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Saturday, with police mobilised to stop potential looting and rioting on the fringes of what organisers hope will be peaceful rallies.”

“Elsewhere, I will be keeping an eye on France and Italy, with more protests planned in both countries as populations continue to show their frustrations with the state of education, the cost of living and other issues.”

“Faculty members at Cornell University are pressing ahead with a no-confidence vote in campus leadership over its handling of a gang-rape scandal involving students at a fraternity at the Ivy League institution.”

“It morphed in mid-October into a wave of student-led protests against perceived corruption, shortcomings in the health system and the lack of prospects for young people in the country of 2.3 million people.”

“Donald Trump and JD Vance deployed a familiar US playbook on Europe, claiming that immigrants were responsible for rioting in France that began as student protests against crumbling schools and the high cost of living.”

“On Friday, the evening before mass protests that were planned across France, he attended a Céline Dion concert in Paris with his wife, Brigitte, prompting comparisons to Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette.”

“Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the far-left France Unbowed party, marched in a demonstration on Tuesday and has expressed support for student protesters.”

“Hundreds of thousands marched in cities across France on Saturday in largely peaceful protests to support schoolchildren’s demands for more teachers and repairs to dilapidated buildings, as Emmanuel Macron faces a social and political crisis in his final…”

“But requests for rallies in Paris organised by France’s main student union, UNEF, and the gilets jaunes movement, whose nationwide protests rocked France in 2018 and which plans 600 small-scale events around France on Saturday, were refused.”

“In April of last year, dozens of students set off from Serbia, intent on making it to Strasbourg, France on bicycles.”

“Trump and his allies have sought to recast the demonstrations in France, which began as student protests against crumbling schools and the soaring cost of living, as evidence of the dangers of immigration and the erosion of western civilization.”

“French children should continue to barricade their schools and take part in street protests, a student union said on Monday after the government announced a package of education measures to try to stem the crisis.”

“Serbia’s triumphant but untested Student List movement is preparing to start talks on forming a government capable of reversing 14 years of increasingly authoritarian nationalist rule, after a seismic weekend election win.”

“…are recording a growing number of crimes linked to cocaine, including assaults, domestic abuse and dangerous driving, as figures show consumption has surged across England. - France | Hundreds of thousands marched in cities across France on Saturday in…”

“… president, who leaves office next spring, has faced more than a month of protests in which high-school students have blockaded schools demanding a response to teacher absences, repairs to decrepit buildings and changes to the university applications…”

“Elsewhere we’re watching this continued wave of student-led protests across Europe.”

“In the aftermath of the disaster, student-led protests developed organically, with demonstrators blocking a nearby crossroads for the same number of minutes as lives lost.”

“In France, it was the piles of wheelie bins stacked up against school entrances that first hinted at the scale of student anger over crumbling classrooms and teacher shortages.”

“… French association that provides support to asylum seekers in northern France, said: “In Dunkirk, the 4x4 that ploughed into high school students during the protests is a vehicle funded by the British Sandhurst fund – money earmarked for combating Channel…”

“The student protests in India and France highlight the pressures on states to intervene.”

“In France, high school students have staged weeks of protests and school blockades demanding more teachers and better facilities, arguing that deteriorating school buildings and overcrowded classrooms are undermining education.”