Macron targeted protesting students. "They become the toys of politicians"

French President Emmanuel Macron, in his statement regarding the high school protests that have been going on for three weeks and led to the closure of many schools across the country, argued that the students had legitimate demands but that this movement was exploited by political groups.

According to the AFP agency, Government Spokesperson Maud Bregeon, in a statement to the press after the weekly cabinet meeting, announced that Macron, who is entering the last six months of his term, has instructed the government to develop "concrete responses" within a few weeks to the unrest caused by high school students.

Bregeon noted that Macron pointed out that young people had legitimate concerns at the meeting, but that this situation was exploited for political purposes and turned into urban violence.

This evaluation, made the day after mass marches held in support of students across the country, took place in the shadow of discussions about participation numbers.

While the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that 161 thousand 500 people participated in the demonstrations held in various cities, especially Paris, on Tuesday, the unions responsible for the organization claimed that this number was 480 thousand.

There were occasional incidents of violence on the sidelines of the marches in the cities of Paris and Lyon; The police intervened with tear gas against the demonstrators.