French school protests resume on smaller scale as students return from break

The protests, which began in the Paris suburbs in September, have spread across France and broadened beyond education to focus on the cost of living, drawing in trade unionists and activists and sometimes turning violent.A wave of so-called "Gen Z" protests has swept across European countries including Germany, Italy, Belgium and Albania, driven by grievances including the cost of living, the poor state of schools and perceived corruptionLast month French….

We're talking about just a handful of units, a few individual schools," Education Minister Edouard Geffray told radio station France Inter on Monday morning.

He said protests are allowed but preventing access to schools is illegal.Police officers were present, TV footage showed, though not in full anti-riot gear.Students want the renovation of aging schools, more teachers, more university places and the end of a university admissions system they see as socially unfair.Geffray offered last week to cap class sizes at 28, dedicate €4 billion ($4.47 billion) to renovating schools, create 15,000 new places for….

High school student representatives said the offers were not enough and they would keep protesting.

French school protests resume on smaller scale as students return from break Updated 2 minutes ago Police present, though not in full anti-riot gear as youth try to blockade high schools in Paris, Marseille, Rennes.