Too much free stuff for too long…other people’s money has run out.
By SARA MALM
- High school students across France protest plans to apply academic selection at public universities
- Video footage shows riot police using tear gas and batons against young people during protests
- Follows Saturday’s violent ‘yellow vest’ protests in Paris which saw demonstrators take over Champs-Elysees
- The protests began as a rebellion against fuel prices but have grown into weeks of civil unrest in the capital
- In Marseille, an 80-year-old woman died in hospital on Sunday after being injured when a tear gas canister went through her windows during Saturday’s protests
Hundreds of schools across the country have today been totally or partially blocked by students piggybacking on the ‘yellow vest’ demonstrations to air frustration over new university entrance requirements…
Police officers have been using tear gas to disperse high school student protesters on several locations in Paris today, Le Parisien reports… Read the rest of this entry »
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