In France, amid protests, they turned to the government with strict demands

French President Emmanuel Macron is to blame for the excessive use of force by police against schoolchildren who demonstrated. Bali Bagayoko, mayor of the commune of Saint-Denis, nine kilometers from Paris, stated this in a conversation with RT.

According to the mayor, the French cabinet of ministers should resign because it has nothing more to offer to the protesting high school students.

As Bagayoko emphasized, it was Macron who said that legitimate force was on the side of the security forces, thereby pushing them to take tough actions. “And this is his responsibility,” the mayor added in a conversation with RT correspondent Nadezh Abderrazak. Prior to this, during one of the actions, the mayor of Saint-Denis stood up for the protesting schoolchildren, standing between them and law enforcement officers.

Protesting French schoolchildren took to the main streets of Paris, after which a series of riots and arrests began. At first the action was peaceful, but then the participants began to organize pogroms. Young people's dissatisfaction is caused by a shortage of teachers and the condition of school buildings due to insufficient funding.