France Police Clash with Rioting Students

PARIS - Riot police are clashing with high school students across France and unions are calling for teachers to strike as President Emmanuel Macron's government battles to contain increasingly violent protests over classroom conditions and funding.

Tear gas clouded the streets in the eastern city of Strasbourg, fireworks were aimed at police lines in Marseille in the south, and rubbish bins set ablaze in Rennes in the west. Protesters in Pantin, on the outskirts of Paris, set items including fences on fire and threw firecrackers at riot police, before running away.

After this week's government crisis meeting, a source close to the prime minister said the demonstrations have morphed from a protest movement to urban violence, and Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said it has been hijacked by outsiders.
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