France's PM and ministers to meet student leaders Monday amid education protests

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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will meet student leaders Monday alongside Education Minister Edouard Geffray and Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste, following weeks of protests over school conditions and living costs. The meeting at Matignon comes after another weekend of demonstrations, with pressure mounting on the government to deliver promised education reforms. Geffray and Baptiste will hold a news conference afterward. Students have campaigned for over a month for better school conditions and education reform, but police responses to blockades have drawn criticism as heavy-handed, with several teenagers seriously injured and thousands arrested.


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