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Nationwide protests by high school students over education in France have spread to other parts of Europe in recent weeks.
In Albania
Student organizers in Albania said Tuesday’s nationwide protest was over conditions at universities, higher education costs, financial support and employment prospects after graduation.
The protesters hurled bricks and concrete blocks at Albania’s Education Ministry in Tirana, and police fired tear gas and water cannons in response as the demonstration turned violent.
(Florion Goga/Reuters)
(Florion Goga/Reuters)
Police officers detained several protesters.
(Florion Goga/Reuters)
(Florion Goga/Reuters)
In France
High school students have staged weeks of protests and school blockades in France, demanding more teachers and better facilities. Below, they, along with teachers and parents, block a street near the Lycée Hélène Boucher high school in Paris on Tuesday.
(Abdul Saboor/Reuters)
More than 161,000 people took to the streets of major French cities, according to Interior Ministry figures. That was down from 266,000 on a similar day of action a week ago.
While most demonstrators marched peacefully, riot police charged protesters and fired tear gas in Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg and Nantes, while a fringe of protesters lit fires, vandalized property and hurled objects at police.
Below, French CRS riot police push barriers to apprehend a protester amid clashes during a demonstration in Paris.
(Abdul Saboor/Reuters)
A masked protester attempts to kick a tear gas canister amid clashes during the demonstration.
(Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)
In Greece
University students gather outside the Finance Ministry in Athens on Tuesday to protest rising rents and the lack of affordable student housing.
(Thanassis Stavrakis/The Associated Press)
(Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters)
Tents staged at Syntagma Square near parliament during a protest in Athens.
(Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters)
