French prime minister convenes crisis meeting over student protests
France has seen a rapid nationwide spread of high school protests that began in the Paris region and focus on under-resourced schools, long hours and the university application process. Clashes with police have led to hundreds of arrests and many reported injuries, including from hurled objects and suspected riot-control projectiles, and authorities say a school was set on fire and staff doused with gasoline. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called a crisis meeting and halted ministers' travel so police and officials can focus on the unrest, which is already affecting the election campaign and the government's 2027 budget rollout.
Prime minister paused ministers' travel to address nationwide student unrest.
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Protests began in Paris-region schools and then spread across the country. Police have…
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