00:02French high school students lit bonfires and threw projectiles on Friday.
00:07against the police, who responded by firing tear gas, amid a growing
00:11protest movement to demand better conditions in education.
00:15The movement began last week in the Paris region and spread nationwide
00:19national among the high school students, mostly between 15 and 18 years old.
00:24On Friday, 735 centers were disrupted or forced to close, according to authorities.
00:31In addition, some cities, such as Paris and Strasbourg, recorded clashes between youths and security forces.
00:36security.
00:37Among the protesters' complaints are the long class hours and absences.
00:42excessive teaching staff and a lack of replacements, in a context where France is seeking
00:47reduce public spending to clean up its public debt.
00:52Today we are here to block the school because we are fed up with the dilapidated facilities.
00:57that there are not enough teachers and that there are not enough nurses.
01:01There is a real lack of staff.
01:02Our school isn't even among the worst affected, but above all we're here to
01:06to support other students, not only in Rennes, but also in Paris, Marseille and everywhere
01:11parts, because the education system is a complete disaster.
01:14And we're also here because of Parcoursup, who put a lot of pressure on us.
01:20The Minister of National Education, Edouard Geffrey, met with unions on Friday.
01:24educational institutions and student associations, but at the end of the meeting they reiterated
01:29his call to maintain the movement and to participate in a day of major protests next
01:33Tuesday, given the lack of concrete measures.
01:36The government of center-right President Emmanuel Macron maintains that the complaints of
01:41The movements are legitimate, but the violence is not, and Geffrey even accused the movement of
01:45to be kidnapped by violent fringe groups.
01:49More than 300 police officers and gendarmes were injured, as well as 65 Ministry workers.
01:55from Education, including 40 high school principals and 170 students since the beginning of the movement,
02:01according to the authorities.
02:03On Friday alone, 1,747 people were arrested, and more than 5,000 since Monday, according to the Ministry.
02:09from the Interior.
02:10Seven months before the presidential election, which the far right is leading in the polls,
02:15Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's office accused the radical left-wing party
02:20France, the rebel behind the protests.
02:39Thank you.
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02:40Thank you.
02:42Thank you.
02:43Thank you.
