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‘We just want to be listened to’: student protests shut schools across France

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Lack of investment, overcrowded classrooms, crumbling buildings and poor teacher pay among reasons for protests by school students Europe live – latest updates As dozens of school pupils sat on top of a pile of wheelie bins blocking a high school entrance in north-eastern Paris, Sophia, 17, was on the frontline of the barricade, when she would normally have been attending Spanish class. “We hope this grows into a ma…

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