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In the midst of a wave of student protests in France demanding better resources for education, four students from Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye share their experiences and motivations, highlighting how police violence has intensified their determination to fight for change. #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Educación #RepresiónPolicial (translated)

Bally Bagayoko, mayor of Saint-Denis, criticizes the French government's response to student protests, demanding concrete measures instead of police repression, and positions himself as a leader among the young demonstrators. #Francia #ProtestasEstudiantiles #BallyBagayoko (translated)

Elwan B., a 17-year-old student, has become a prominent figure in the student protests in France, aligning himself with Jean-Luc Mélenchon and advocating for drastic changes in the country's educational and political system. #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Mélenchon #Francia (translated)

As French police clashed on Thursday afternoon with students gathered in protests across the country, French Education Minister Edouard Geffray announced the arrival of 3,000 substitute teachers to French high schools ... between this Friday and Tuesday to meet the staffing demands of the demonstrators. #Francia #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Educación (translated)

Meanwhile, the Minister of Education, Édouard Geffray, announced that this Thursday he will detail a plan for replacing teachers, one of the demands of young people, who are complaining about the lack of sufficient teachers. #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Francia #Movilización (translated)

Accused of inciting protests, the presidential candidate for 2027 Jean-Luc Mélenchon (La Francia Insumisa, LFI) celebrated "a new taking of the Bastille," referring to the fortress taken by the Parisian people on July 14, 1789, a milestone that marked the beginning of the French Revolution. #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Francia #Movilización (translated)

While the mobilizations head toward their first month of duration with classes suspended from Wednesday to Friday, the French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has accused the radical left party France Insoumise of encouraging protests and disturbances based on a report from French Intelligence. #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Francia #DerechosEstudiantiles (translated)

The student demonstrations in France, which originated at the Saint-Exupéry Institute in Créteil due to a lack of staff and resources, have rapidly grown across the country, addressing the deterioration of learning conditions and receiving support from unions and political figures while the government denounces the possible instrumentalization of the protest by the left. #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Francia #DerechosEstudiantiles (translated)

"I understand the fatigue of those who feel that as soon as one difficulty is overcome, another arises," Lecornu acknowledged in his unusual intervention from his official residence in Matignon, taking the moment to review the critical situation that France is facing, starting with the social protests. #CrisisFrancia #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Macron (translated)

He did it a day after President Emmanuel Macron summoned his ministers and asked them for "empathy" with the students and "proportionality" in the police response, concerned about the chaotic image the country has projected in the last week. #CrisisFrancia #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Macron (translated)

"This is not the first time something like this has happened. During his two terms, he has often blamed the police, and many times he has expressed his disillusionment with our officers." For her part, the far-right French leader Marine Le Pen has accused Macron of always siding with "those who attack the police." #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Francia #DerechosEducativos (translated)

Thus, the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, has announced the suspension of the use of stun grenades while the case of a 15-year-old teenager who suffered the amputation of a hand by one of them in Lens, in the north of the country, is investigated. #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Francia #DerechosEducativos (translated)

"No one can remain indifferent to the concerns." In an appearance from the Government headquarters late Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu committed to presenting his first measures by the end of October to address the discomfort and distress of young people, which he acknowledged "do not arise from nothing." #ProtestasEstudiantiles #Francia #DerechosEducativos (translated)

“With the aggressions with which [the police] intervene, we run the risk of having a drama, a human drama. It is irresponsible to allow what is happening.” Bagayoko has assured that he has been "a witness to a totally disproportionate use of force against young people who are only asking to be heard." #ProtestasEstudiantiles #BallyBagayoko #LaFranciaInsumisa (translated)