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Over 5,000 arrested as French police clash with students
Original: More than 5,000 people were arrested after riot police clashed with high-school students across France over classroom co
More than 5,000 people have been arrested in France after riot police clashed with high-school students protesting classroom conditions and education funding. Demonstrations spread across the country, with the mass arrests drawing attention to the scale of the unrest and the government's hardline response. The protests have put school funding and conditions at the centre of French public debate.
Why now: Mass arrests of students over school funding protests are a major escalation likely to dominate French news and political debate.
Francehigh-school studentsriot policeReuters
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