Why more than 250,000 people have joined student-led protests in France
- France has been thrown into crisis as student-led protests erupted across the nation, calling for better conditions for learning and for the government to address a decade-long staffing shortage.
- Protests began at a Paris-region high school in mid-September, soon growing into a nationwide movement.
- More than 250,000 people took to the streets on Tuesday, including 56,000 in Paris, the Interior Ministry said, in the demonstration's biggest day yet.
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- France has been thrown into crisis as student-led protests erupted across the nation, calling for better conditions for learning and for the government to address a decade-long staffing shortage.
- Protests began at a Paris-region high school in mid-September, soon growing into a nationwide movement.
- More than 250,000 people took to the streets on Tuesday, including 56,000 in Paris, the Interior Ministry said, in the demonstration's biggest day yet.
Sources: CBC