Protest leaders urge French pupils to keep barricading their schools

Representatives of Les Lycéens speak to reporters on Monday after meeting the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, in Paris. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

French children should continue to barricade their schools and take part in street protests, a student union said on Monday after the government announced a package of education measures to try to stem the crisis.

“Today we’re at the negotiating table, we’re able to negotiate with the government,” Pierre Sourzat of Les Lycéens told France Info television. “We’re in a power struggle and we still need to call for continued mobilisation to meet a maximum of our demands.”