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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley and Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

At least 160,000 people take to streets in third week of French school protests

A large crowd of protesters, many of them carrying banners, placards and flags
Students and union members march in Montpellier on Tuesday. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

More than 160,000 schoolchildren, students and trade unionists have marched in cities across France as protests over high school education continued into a third week and many demonstrators denounced policing tactics.

Riot police fired teargas at the end of Tuesday’s marches in Nantes and near the Montparnasse area of Paris, but most of the demonstrations over teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling school buildings held in cities including Lyon, Lille and Marseille were peaceful.

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