{"id":383753,"date":"2026-10-01T10:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-frances-school-students-are-protesting-against-their-government-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:01:15","slug":"why-frances-school-students-are-protesting-against-their-government-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-frances-school-students-are-protesting-against-their-government-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why France&#8217;s school students are protesting against their government | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/pBERzn4vD_8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why France's school students are protesting against their government | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pBERzn4vD_8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>France has seen students protesting across the country as anger over allegedly poor school conditions spilled onto the streets. Hundreds have been detained too. Students are angry over timetables, class sizes and teachers\u2019 shortages. Anger shared by other unions who also complain about the budget set to be presented by the national government later this week. DW\u2019s Gerhard Elfers speaks to journalist Catherine Field about what\u2019s behind this anger and if the government has a solution.<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baReddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DWNews\/<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France has seen students protesting across the country as anger over allegedly poor school conditions spilled onto the streets. Hundreds have been detained too. 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