French student protests intensify. Is a new "French Revolution" coming?

(Deutsche Welle Chinese website) On October 6, high school students continued to protest across France, despite the government calling on them to return to school and promising dialogue.

This protest by high school students, which started last month with the core demands of improving school facilities, strengthening teaching staff, and ensuring equal educational opportunities, has continued to heat up and has evolved into political protests across France and other social groups including teachers, parents, trade unions, etc. to express dissatisfaction with the government and demand improvement of people's livelihood.

The protests began in the suburbs of Paris and spread to more than 30 cities across France, involving more than 700 schools. Protest methods include blocking campuses, occupying and even burning school facilities. Most of the protests were originally peaceful, but there were sporadic physical clashes between protest participants and security police. After two young students were seriously injured by police security guards, the demonstrations escalated into protests against the violent law enforcement of the French police.

French government holds emergency meeting to discuss crisis response plan

The French government accused the country's opposition, far-left party France Unyielding (LFI) of being behind the student protests and inciting violence. Senior leaders of the French party dismissed the government's accusations as a "conspiracy theory" and an insidious way for the government to shirk responsibility for itself.

French Prime Minister Le Cornou will make a public speech later on Wednesday to address the school protests and the state of the country's finances, his office said.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Nuñez told media company RTL earlier on Wednesday that the use of stun grenades by police in response to protests has been suspended.

On Monday, a 15-year-old boy had his hand blown off when police fired a shock grenade. Another 14-year-old student was hit in the face at close range by a police tear gas cannon, causing many of his teeth to fall out. The officers involved were charged on Tuesday.

Interior Secretary Nunez said police had launched 18 internal investigations since the protests began to examine allegations of misconduct. France's prime minister has condemned the violent demonstrations while rejecting accusations that the government ordered police to crack down on protesters. At present, more than 700 law enforcement officers are known to have been injured. More than 200 students were injured among the demonstrators, and more than 100 teachers were injured. The police have arrested more than 6,000 people during law enforcement and security, most of them minors.