Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France, as a wave of protests by high-school pupils spread to their parents, university students and unions.
Crowds of teenagers marched from the Place de la R\u00e9publique in Paris, calling for more resources for schools, and what they called less repression from police.
Police clashed with demonstrators in Lyon, used tear gas in Paris and Marseille and water cannon in Rennes, but there was little of the serious trouble that marred previous protests.
Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu condemned the earlier violence and said since the protests had begun 215 students and 85 staff had been hurt as well as 715 police officers.
The government said there had been disruption in 891 high schools on Tuesday – almost a quarter of all lyc\u00e9es – and said more than 250,000 demonstrators had taken to the streets during the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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