
The President of Belarus commented on the protests in France
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High school students in France protested over problems in the education sector. There were riots during the protests.
MINSK, October 12 - RIA Novosti. The reaction of the French authorities to the protests is double standards; Belarus does not rejoice and does not applaud what is happening there, said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
“The only thing they can be reproached for is: why are you, with us it was good for them, but with them it was bad for them. You see, double standards,” Lukashenko said, as quoted by the Belta news agency.
The President of Belarus noted that he does not rejoice or applaud what is happening in France.
"Because this is unacceptable. This is the same thing that we had (in 2020 - ed.) - politicians use children for political purposes. What's good about that? Of course, (French President Emmanuel) Macron harshly suppresses these things," he added.
High school students in France have been protesting en masse for weeks over overcrowded schedules, teacher shortages and other education issues. Some actions were accompanied by riots. As a RIA Novosti correspondent reported, in Paris the police have already used tear gas and stun grenades against demonstrators.

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