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Students, parents and trade unions were demonstrating across France Tuesday, protesting what they say is under-investment in high schools. From Mai 68 to the CPE crisis in 2006, major French student and youth protests have pressured leaders and transformed national politics.
France's student protests took a breather on Wednesday after weeks of unrest, but market pressure on the French government intensified ahead of budget talks.
Pedro Sánchez has advanced the general elections of Spain to November 29, nine months ahead of schedule. It is the third time in the last eight years that this strategy has been used in the midst of strong political pressure. Will Sanchez once again survive the ballot box and continue to head the government? Or could the electoral advance this time change the course of the Iberian country? We analyzed it in France 24.
France suspended the use of stun grenades against protesters as allegations of student brutality draw more anger. French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said the country could not ignore students' concerns.
The government is struggling to find a solution to the crisis that is shaking French youth. In the absence of budgetary resources, how can we overcome blockages in high schools? We go further with Richard Werly and Antoine Mariotti.
In an interview granted to France 24, the midfielder of Real Madrid, Aurélien Chuaméni, believes that the Ballon d'Or must "come back to a Frenchman". He assumes to have played down at the World Championship and asserts that the Madrid club "must necessarily win" this season, after two exercises without title.
Three years after October 7, Israel pays tribute to the victims of the attacks. Claire Duhamel, former correspondent of France 24 in Jerusalem, looks back at the events, the expectations of hostage families and the restrictions on access to Gaza that hinder the work of journalists.
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, October 7: Papers mark the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks. But first: the high school protests that have swept across France make the front pages at home and abroad. Also, the Argentinian press waves off Lionel Messi after his last international match. Finally, a British adventurer completes a 28-year walk around the world.
France has suspended the use of stun grenades by police at student-led demonstrations, the interior minister said Wednesday, as allegations of police brutality mounted after days of sometimes violent demonstrations across the country. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Tuesday demanding better conditions in high schools. That same evening, President Emmanuel Macron held an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and other key ministers to find a way out of the crisis. FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports from a high school in Aubervilliers, France.
The step comes after several groups complained of police using disproportionate force towards teenagers.
"I realized right away that I had to protect my family."Attacks of October 7: The Israeli ex-hostage Shoshan Haran speaks on the microphone of France 24.
Recognized as a specialist in the crimes committed by the Russian authorities in Chechnya and an ardent critic of Vladimir Putin, Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in the lobby of her building in Moscow on 7 October 2006. Twenty years later, his publisher in France, Jean-François Bouthors, gave him the floor in a punched novel where the journalist's spirit came back to haunt the Russian president.
France is facing a fresh political crisis, as its debt levels and borrowing costs continue to rise.
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to make public address after thousands rally to demand more funding for education.
Israel pays tribute to the victims of the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023, three years after the tragedy. As legislation approaches, responsibilities for security failures and crisis management fuel the campaign. Benjamin Netanyahu, who is seeking a new mandate, is challenged by an opposition demanding an independent commission of inquiry. Stéphane Amar's correspondence from Jerusalem to France 24.
French students and teachers protesting school conditions spoke with Al Jazeera about their demands.
In the wake of a massive mobilization, the High School Union and the Student Union are calling for further blockages and processions on Thursday. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced Wednesday to suspend the use of deafening grenades in the context of high school demonstrations. According to his ministry, the high school mobilization "is in sharp decline" Wednesday at midday. Follow our direct.
The French government has suspended the police use of stun grenades against protesting high school students, the interior minister announced Wednesday, after a teenager had his hand blown off up to the elbow by one fired by police. Eighteen internal probes have been launched in response to allegations of police brutality since the student movement broke out in mid-September. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.
Press coverage this Wednesday, October 7th: the massive mobilization yesterday, throughout France, of high school students, joined by many adults; the presentation by Marine Le Pen of its future budget if elected to the presidential office; the commemorations of the 7-October attacks in Israel; and an extraordinary adventure that lasted 28 years.
