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Students and teachers in Brussels join trade union protest against cuts

Inspired by the recent wave of demonstrations in France, hundreds of students and teachers joined the national protest in Brussels on Friday, October 9, in response to the budget cuts planned by the federal government and against the educational policies of the French-speaking part of the country. Although the march took place peacefully, there were riots between the police and hundreds of young people near the central station in Brussels.

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Students challenge the French government: does Macron jump?

The mobilizations of the education sector put the French Government back under pressure. Students and other protesters report a lack of staff, a deterioration in school infrastructure and insufficient official responses. Although the Executive promises measures and strengthens the recruitment of alternate teachers, criticism remains for the lack of substantive solutions. Why does the French education sector protest and how does the discontent in the Macron Government affect in the face of the 2027 elections?

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Student demonstrations in France: how has the Government responded?

University and high school students show up for the fourth day on October 8 on the streets of the main French cities. Among slogans and banners, they demand more funding and better educational conditions. The tension during the protests is increasing in the face of reports of police repression. The mobilizations have left hundreds of people in detention and wounded. In the meantime, the Government calls for conciliation meetings and denies that the police have been ordered to suppress the protests.

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Students rely on social media to organize protests

Social networks have become the means for protesters to report on the state of the protests and the points of concentration. Students have taken over the streets of France and have used the Internet and networks to irrigate the voice and encourage mobilizations, supporting photographs, videos, blogs and content generated with artificial intelligence.

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Why are students protesting in France?

In our section 'In Context' we analyze the protests in the French lycées. Official indicators show differences in the conditions of study of young people and a correlation with school performance rates. The students presented ten proposals for improvements, as well as their rejection of police repression. While the authorities point to the violence of student measures.

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Attorney of Morelos: "Students have received threats for defending their companions"

The murder of a Spanish student, investigated as a femicide, once again put Morelos at the focus of international attention. The case is added to a long list of women's murders in a state that faces one of the highest femicide rates in Mexico after Sinaloa. In France 24, the general prosecutor of Morelos, Fernando Blumenkron Escobar, addresses violence against women, threats reported by students and the authorities' response to a problem that goes beyond a single case.

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The students' anger takes the streets of France

The main cities are hosting large student demonstrations against cuts and precariousness in the education system, which in fact are the catalyst for the twilight of a decade of macroism.

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Direct Paris and the advance of the protests of lycées students in France

From Paris, our journalist Natalia Ruiz Giraldo tells us what the situation in the country is in the midst of the demonstrations of the students of lycées. For several days, young people have been demanding the improvement of the conditions of educational institutions, as dozens of institutions are not fit to receive classes, and more teachers.

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Students harden the blockades in France: they spray a school director with gasoline

In what was described as a "second act" of the protest, the Student Union claimed on Thursday, October 1, 30 blocks on university campus, in addition to more than 100 schools affected by the demonstrations, which demand better working and infrastructure conditions. The authorities reported dozens of violent incidents around the protests and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened a crisis meeting.

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France: Police run into students during school blockades in several cities

Young French people face the police on Tuesday, September 29, during a blockade of institutes in cities across the country to demand better conditions and the recruitment of more teachers. The clashes take place while the trade unions organize a day of demonstrations against a cost cut made by the Government of the Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, who faces a complex situation.