France’s lycée protests highlight a divided nation as a presidential election nears
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Hundreds of thousands of French lycée students have protested since late last month over staff shortages and dilapidated secondary schools for 15- to 18-year-olds, after unrest began at the Lycée Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry in Créteil and spread to cities including Lille, where students chant “everyone hates the police” and protests have turned violent. Pupils cite missing chairs and canteen queues for about 2,000 at lunch; despite government concessions, they show no sign of backing down as hard-right and hard-left politicians seek to capitalise on the crisis.
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