France's Gen Z school protests: policing sparks uproar and clouds Macron's final months
Summary
Students in northeastern Paris gathered on Thursday 8 October to protest outside a barricaded high school, and police responded using tear gas, as school protests in France show no sign of ending, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported. On Sunday 11 October, the same outlets reported that French far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is celebrating the Gen Z protesters driving a school movement shaking France. On 16 October The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported that the policing of the protests, in which teenagers protesting for better-resourced schools have clashed with one of Europe's largest internal security forces, clouds Macron's final months and sparks uproar.
Latest: The policing of France's school protests, in which teenagers protesting for better-resourced schools have clashed with one of Europe's largest internal security forces, clouds Macron's final months and sparks uproar, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported.
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How it unfolded
Friday 16 October
The policing of France's school protests, in which teenagers protesting for better-resourced schools have clashed with one of Europe's largest internal security forces, clouds Macron's final months and sparks uproar, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported.
- 01:54ABC NewsPolicing of France's school protests clouds Macron's final months and sparks uproar
- 00:57The Philadelphia InquirerPolicing of France's school protests clouds Macron's final months and sparks uproar
Sunday 11 October
French far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon cheered the Gen Z protesters driving a school movement shaking France, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported.
- 17:56ABC NewsFrance's far-left presidential candidate cheers Gen Z school protests
- 15:10The Philadelphia InquirerFrance's far-left presidential candidate cheers Gen Z school protests
Thursday 8 October
Police fired tear gas at students protesting outside a barricaded high school in northeastern Paris, as school protests show no sign of ending.