French Education Minister Calls High School Protesters' Demands 'Legitimate' While Condemning Violence
Edouard Geffray said students' grievances behind the school blockades are legitimate even as he condemned violent incidents, as unions plan further joint mobilization with university students.
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French Education Minister Edouard Geffray said on Wednesday that the demands behind a wave of high school blockades are "legitimate," while condemning acts of violence that have accompanied some of the protests, according to Le Monde.
The Union syndicale lycéenne, a high school student union, said it was ready to meet with the minister to discuss the situation.
The union also announced a "joint mobilization" planned for Thursday and the following Tuesday, to be carried out together with the Union étudiante, a university student union, saying it believes in what it called "a convergence of struggles" between secondary and university students.
The blockades have affected a number of French high schools, prompting the ministry to weigh in publicly on both the substance of the students' grievances and the manner in which some protests have unfolded.
No further details on the specific policy demands driving the blockades, or on the scope of the violence referenced by the minister, were included in the report.
Sources
- Blocages des lycées : Edouard Geffray juge les revendications « légitimes » tout en condamnant la violence — Le Monde — Une
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