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Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she would make drastic savings to bring France's public deficit back in line if she wins next year's presidential election. The government forecasts the national debt will hit 5.4 percent this year despite the EU setting a 3 percent limit for member states.
A teenager reportedly lost a hand in the protests, which have seen over 5,000 people arrested.
This Tuesday marks the beginning of a new day of the high school movement in France, which calls for more resources in national education in France. A day with many challenges: mobilize students but also teachers and parents of students through demonstrations but also avoid overflows and violence. France 24 received Lili, a student at Lycée Diderot in Paris and Guillaume Escoffier, a professor of History and Geography in the same institution.
Some 256,000 people took to the streets in student-led protests across France. They demonstrated against poor learning conditions and run-down schools.
The protest movement that has been organized in France for several days has been emboldened by violence. The Minister of the Interior described the injury of a 15-year-old high school student, who had his hand torn by a grenade, as a "drama". The scene took place in front of a high school in Lens. The days of the teenager, hospitalized in Lille, "are not in danger", according to the prefect of Pas-de-Calais.
Tens of thousands of high school students, joined by students and national education unions, are expected today in the streets of France. Insanity of buildings, lack of staff, impact of Parcoursup... Shared issues that they intend to denounce collectively. The story of Alexandra Quarini.
Degraded buildings, overcrowded classes, absent teachers: high school students mobilized this Tuesday denounce a lack of resources. Yet France spends a lot on its high schools.
Leading to the break, the French team overturned Belgium in 15 minutes to win (4-1). Thanks to this victory, the Blues are first in Group 1 after four matches.
Despite being behind at half-time, France scored four goals in 15 minutes to defeat Belgium in the Nations League (4-1). Thanks to this win, France are top of Group 1 after four matches.
Criticized by the government on its role in the high school movement and in the excesses of the last days, La France insoumise responds with a counter-recitation on police violence. Jean-Luc Mélenchon intends to make youth protection the central element of the day of mobilization on 6 October.
On the front page of the press, concern in France before Act III, today, about the mobilization of high school students. A movement criticized for its outbursts, while a number of voices speak out against the "police violence", for which it would be the target. Yesterday, in Spain, the Spanish government announced early legislative elections on 29 November. And the twentieth anniversary tomorrow of the assassination of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya on 7 October 2006.
Thousands of high school students began marching on Tuesday in several cities in France during an "Act III" of mobilization to demand means. Confrontations broke out with the police in Strasbourg and Lyon, according to Reuters journalists present on the spot. Follow our direct.
In the city of Bayeux, Normandy, France pays tribute to journalists who exercise under conditions to access information. France 24, a partner of the event, participates with a multimedia exhibition that portrays violence and repression in Iran with the report 'Iran: The Masacrada revolt', held at a distance, on the demonstrations in January of this year. A report by Erika Olavarría and Alison Alves.
The euro has stumbled to a 17-month low against the US dollar on concerns about France's ability to bring its public finances in order. The currency has dropped nearly 7 percent from its peak in late January. Meanwhile, global oil prices have fallen despite ongoing tensions around the Arabian Peninsula, after the G7 agreed to release up to 100 million barrels from strategic reserves and oil flows from the Persian Gulf returned to pre-war levels.
France prepares for a day of protests in support of students who’ve been demanding more investment in education.
Michael Olise scores twice and assists as France come from 1-0 with 13 minutes left to beat Belgium 4-1
High school blockages continue in France and with them violence. The extreme right Anglo-Saxon comments them and instrumentalizes them even if false information is relayed.
A 15-year-old lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade amid nationwide school protests demanding better funding and classroom conditions. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Ariane Bogain, Senior Lecturer in French Politics at Northumbria University, says that "there is a definite issue with violence and we need to ask why there is this unidimensional reaction which is aggressive, which is riot police, which is repressive".
France's student protests have become the target of a wave of false and misleading videos shared by far-right figures, including Alex Jones and Tommy Robinson. Old footage and unrelated videos have been shared to portray the demonstrations as evidence of an "anti-White" or Islamist uprising linked to uncontrolled immigration. But the protests are over school conditions, including large class sizes, teacher shortages and poor facilities, not immigration. Vedika Bahl fact-checks in Truth or Fake.
