Hawzah News Agency The government is under pressure to tame public debt amid weak growth, and has struggled with basic tasks such as passing a budget since President Emmanuel Macron's allies lost their majority in a 2024 parliamentary vote.
Macron has convened Lecornu and other senior ministers at an emergency meeting on Tuesday, broadcaster BFM reported.
In Marseille and Nantes, protesters held up signs reading "The state has killed national education". In Toulouse, parents linked arms at the front of a march through the city.
The protests began in September in the deprived suburbs of Paris, before spreading nationwide.
"There is such a gap between the elites and us," said Hugo Vetzel, a recent high-school graduate in Strasbourg.
The High School Students Union said more than half of France's high schools were blockaded or would close for the day. Some local education authorities have tried to move classes online.
Students complain about schools facing basic maintenance problems, from water leaks to rat infestations.
Rights groups, students and parent groups have accused authorities of using disproportionate force against minors.
"All the young people are in the streets. Everywhere there aren't police, everything is going smoothly," said Jean-Luc Melenchon, LFI's presidential candidate.
Source:The Daily Star
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