French students, teachers call Tuesday strike

Student and teacher groups in France have called for a nationwide strike on Tuesday to maintain pressure on the government to increase education spending, extending weeks of school closures and protests.

In a joint statement issued on Saturday, unions representing teachers and student associations said their movement was gaining momentum while the government was weakening and beginning to make concessions.

“The movement is in a position of strength and the government in a position of weakness and starting to yield,” they said.

The groups called for broader mobilisation, saying it was important to keep the government under pressure to secure their demands.