‘Our future is being stolen’: Greta Thunberg joins students protesting in Paris
Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined student protests in France to support demands for better school funding and improved working conditions for teachers. The demonstrations, which have persisted for weeks, highlight growing tensions between public investment needs and government fiscal constraints.
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The involvement of a high-profile activist like Thunberg elevates the visibility of local French education protests, linking student grievances to broader themes of social justice and government accountability.
Thunberg, 23, joined students outside the Lycée Paul Éluard on Tuesday. Photograph: CLPRESS/ABACA/Shutterstock Thunberg, 23, joined students outside the Lycée Paul Éluard on Tuesday. Photograph: CLPRESS/ABACA/Shutterstock France ‘Our future is being stolen’: Greta Thunberg joins students protesting in Paris Swedish activist stands alongside French teenagers calling for investment to fix teacher shortages and crumbling schools
Prefer the Guardian on Google The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined demonstrating high school students in France as the country braced for another day of nationwide protests over chronic teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling buildings .
“Young people are not being included in the conversation,” Thunberg, 23, who became famous as a teenager through school strikes demanding action on the climate crisis, told reporters outside the Lycée Paul Éluard in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.
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