‘Nothing will stop us’: French student protests show few signs of ending
Students on Thursday barricaded a Parisian high school with garbage bins before police shot tear gas at them as France’s nationwide protests showed little…
France 24 reports that students on Thursday barricaded a Parisian high school with garbage bins before police shot tear gas at them as France’s nationwide protests showed little sign of ending.
At least a dozen demonstrations supporting the high school students’ movement were planned across the country while 375 schools were fully or partially closed.
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