French school blockades continue despite PM’s pledge to act

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French teenagers continued blockading high schools and marching in cities, pressing the government over teacher shortages and deteriorating school buildings. The protests highlight tensions over public-service investment as the government faces pressure from bond markets to reduce debt and deficits.

French teenagers blockaded some high schools and marched through cities on Thursday after the government promised to address their grievances about teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings but gave no specific details. The protest movement, now into its third week, has exposed deep tensions in France between popular demands for investments in deteriorating public services and a cash-strapped ‌government under pressure from bond markets to reduce its debt and deficit. It has also led to...