Student protests continue in France. Greta Thunberg also attended

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg joined the protests of high school students demanding improvements in educational conditions in France.

Before new demonstrations across the country, 23-year-old Thunberg, who went in front of the Paul Eluard High School in Saint-Denis, the largest suburb of the capital Paris, stood next to the lawyers who formed a human chain with their robes to protect the students against allegations of police violence.

Speaking to AFP, Thunberg said, "Young people are not included in the negotiations. Our future is being stolen from us."

Mass marches were planned in Paris and other cities as part of the protest wave supported by unions and the left-wing opposition party Unyielding France (LFI).

University student union L'Union Etudiante also shared a post on social media platform

More than 70 thousand people took to the streets last Thursday in the last big demonstration of the movement, which started at the end of last month.

Garbage containers were piled up at the doors and security barriers were set on fire in hundreds of 3,700 high schools across France where young people between the ages of 15 and 18 were educated.

Students; He wants problems such as teacher shortages, neglected school buildings and overly busy timetables to be solved.

High school students are also demanding an additional budget of 10 billion euros for schools.

The government was waiting for the protests to calm down before the midterm break.

French Education Minister Edouard Geffray said in a statement to France Inter radio this morning, "We anticipate that a smaller number of schools will be closed compared to last week, approximately 200."

Geffray added that some schools on the route were closed to avoid damage.

While the government promised to assign approximately 3 thousand contract teachers to the 114 high schools most affected by the actions, Minister Geffray noted that 35 percent of these positions were appointed.