French school blockades to restart from Monday: student group

PARIS, France: The head of a student group said a campaign of high school blockades would restart from Monday, adding the government’s proposals did not go far enough. On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people, including high school and university students, took to the streets across France for a third consecutive weekend of protests. Some high schools will be blockaded from Monday, when students return from a two-week holiday, said Pierre Sourzat, head of the “Lyceens!” group. “It will be mo