‘We just want to be listened to’: student protests shut schools across France

Lack of investment, overcrowded classrooms, crumbling buildings and poor teacher pay among reasons for protests by school students Europe live – latest updates As dozens of school pupils sat on top of a pile of wheelie bins blocking a high school entrance in north-eastern Paris, Sophia, 17, was on the frontline of the barricade, when she would normally have been attending Spanish class.