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French riot police reportedly used tear gas, and other non-lethal weapons, against protestors during clashes on Tuesday, drawing strong condemnation from legal unions amidst escalating student protests across France. France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has condemned the violence, which has seen students and staff injured, and defended the “proportional” response of police and law enforcement.
On 6 October, far-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) made a call to action for student demonstrations across the country. Last week, students began demonstrating to protest poor study conditions and shortages of staff in schools. According to LFI, these demonstrations were “unjustly” met with “repress[ion] by the government and its law enforcement”. LFI called for further demonstrations, expressing its support for students and calling for parents and adults to support and protect demonstrators. The protests have seen thousands of demonstrators mobilize in one of France’s largest student protests.
Video footage shows French Mayor Bally Bagayoko shielding students with his body as police use tear gas against them. A 15-year-old student’s hand was mutilated by a EF-SON non-lethal grenade near the Auguste-Behal vocational high school before being subsequently rushed to a hospital in Lille. The Interior Ministry reported over 119 injuries since Friday.
According to Prime Minister Lecornu on X (formerly Twitter), the protests escalated into “ultra-violence” which warranted police intervention. He stated:
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez strongly condemned the violence, and rejected claims of repression. Responding to the Magistrate’s Union’s statement, he announced on X that he supported proportional interventions and the necessary maintenance of order. Nuñez commented that while law enforcement aim to protect peaceful demonstrators, “they intervene with firmness and without delay to put an end to the degradations, violence, and abuses committed by troublemakers”.
The Magistrate’s Union responded on Wednesday, in a press release condemning Nuñez’s response and “the trivialization of the use of less-lethal weapons, including when it comes to high school students”. It reminded the government to adhere to its obligations under Article 3 of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Prime Minister Lecornu issued a statement assuring demonstrators that their voices will be heard, and that the government intends to “listen to the discontent and anxiety of the high school students…without giving in to politicized manipulations.” He directed students to a dialogue consultation, which has already received 30,000 anonymous contributions as of Wednesday. Lecornu stated that these contributions will be utilized in creating a “concrete action plan” at the end of October.
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On 6 October, far-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) made a call to action for student demonstrations across the country. Last week, students began demonstrating to protest poor study conditions and shortages of staff in schools. According to LFI, these demonstrations were “unjustly” met with “repress[ion] by the government and its law enforcement”. LFI called for further demonstrations, expressing its support for students and calling for parents and adults to support and protect demonstrators. The protests have seen thousands of demonstrators mobilize in one of France’s largest student protests.
Video footage shows French Mayor Bally Bagayoko shielding students with his body as police use tear gas against them. A 15-year-old student’s hand was mutilated by a EF-SON non-lethal grenade near the Auguste-Behal vocational high school before being subsequently rushed to a hospital in Lille. The Interior Ministry reported over 119 injuries since Friday.
According to Prime Minister Lecornu on X (formerly Twitter), the protests escalated into “ultra-violence” which warranted police intervention. He stated:
The Magistrate’s Union criticized the policing strategy of using tear gas against students, “brutal arrests, and the use of mutilating less-lethal weapons”. It commented that the “uses of force disproportionately affect young people of color from working-class neighborhoods.”
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez strongly condemned the violence, and rejected claims of repression. Responding to the Magistrate’s Union’s statement, he announced on X that he supported proportional interventions and the necessary maintenance of order. Nuñez commented that while law enforcement aim to protect peaceful demonstrators, “they intervene with firmness and without delay to put an end to the degradations, violence, and abuses committed by troublemakers”.
The Magistrate’s Union responded on Wednesday, in a press release condemning Nuñez’s response and “the trivialization of the use of less-lethal weapons, including when it comes to high school students”. It reminded the government to adhere to its obligations under Article 3 of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Prime Minister Lecornu issued a statement assuring demonstrators that their voices will be heard, and that the government intends to “listen to the discontent and anxiety of the high school students…without giving in to politicized manipulations.” He directed students to a dialogue consultation, which has already received 30,000 anonymous contributions as of Wednesday. Lecornu stated that these contributions will be utilized in creating a “concrete action plan” at the end of October.
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