French High School Blockades Spread Nationwide as Government and Hard Left Trade Blame
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, ...
