To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. 'We are effectively maiming young people' - expert questions France's response to student protests A 15-year-old lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade amid nationwide school protests demanding better funding and classroom conditions.
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Ariane Bogain, Senior Lecturer in French Politics at Northumbria University, says that "there is a definite issue with violence and we need to ask why there is this unidimensional reaction which is aggressive, which is riot police, which is repressive". ISIS suspects face 'outsourced' justice in Iraq as HRW warns of 'collective global detention crisis' Amid French school protests, students seek 'respect, dignity and decent working conditions' As Europe's balance of power shifts eastward, France & Spain seek to 'reinforce their own positions' Migration deal: 'Really a scheme around political diplomacy between UK & France in post-Brexit era' 'Fundamental demand': Saint-Denis students seek same opportunity as those in 'more privileged areas' Students face riot police as protests over school conditions escalate in France Clashes between French teens, police as school blockades intensify © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved. France 24 is not responsible for the content of external websites.
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