SocietyFrench youth demand answers as education protests enter third week

French students have held nationwide protests for a third week, seeking more education funding, improved teaching conditions and additional staff. A government plan to hire 3,000 substitute teachers has not met their demands for another €10 billion in spending. Teachers and unions back the demonstrators, who say protests will continue as budget cuts loom.

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