France gripped by spreading student protests as PM calls crisis meeting
France's prime minister has called for a crisis meeting to address widespread protests by high school students across the country.
PARIS (AP) — France’s prime minister convened a crisis meeting on Thursday and canceled ministers’ trips to focus on the nationwide spread of protests, some violent, by high school students venting against under-resourced schools, long hours and other complaints. The demonstrations erupted in Paris-region schools last week and have snowballed, with police making hundreds of...
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