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French student protests over crowded classrooms, teacher shortages and run-down school buildings escalated on Thursday, with fires set outside schools, more than 160 high schools shut and the interior ministry reporting 1,949 arrests in a single day. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called a crisis meeting of ministers. The French student protests began last week at lycées around Paris and have since spread across the country. By mid-morning on Thursday, police counted about 340 demonstrations outside high schools. University students joined in, with a student union saying around 30 campuses were blocked, including in Paris and Marseille. Police in Belgium also reported protests and damage at a handful of schools in Liège. What is driving the French student protests inside lycées ...

French student protests spread to more cities on Tuesday, with high school pupils setting bins alight and throwing projectiles at police as blockades that began last week continued. The pupils are demanding smaller classes, more teachers and lighter timetables. The dispute has become a political fight after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned that any escalation would be irresponsible and accused the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party of encouraging the movement. It landed on the same day as a nationwide public-sector strike against Lecornu's budget, and the situation was still developing when this report was written. How the French student protests began and where they have spread The movement started in the lycées, the schools covering the final years of secondary education, ...

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