The French trade unions join the student protests on Tuesday for better educational conditions, on a day in which the authorities expect between 20,000 and 40,000 protesters in Paris. The Peasant Confederation also called on farmers to go with their tractors to the blockades. The mobilization, which has had clashes with the Police, has altered classes in 589 lycées and 32 universities. The Government calls for "peaceful" concentrations.

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