
2,000 people arrested in France as student protests escalate into violence
“We’ve gone from high school student protests to public disorder. When people target buses and burn down schools, it’s no longer just a matter of protest,” he also said.
In an interview with France 2, the French Minister of National Education, Edouard Geffray, declared Thursday evening that “a little more than 400 schools and other educational establishments” would remain closed on Friday.
According to a source close to Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, the intelligence services indicated Thursday during a crisis meeting that the protest movement had been initiated by far-left politicians, including members of La France Insoumise (LFI).
LFI MP Louis Boyard denied this assertion in comments to French channels.
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