France closes up to 500 schools Monday over student protests

"Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in some "400 to 500" high schools as security conditions "have not been fulfilled"."

— Édouard Geffray , Politician

"735 of France's 3,700 schools had been affected "one way or another" by violent protests."

— Gérald Darmanin , Politician

""There are activists - particularly from the far-left - who have infiltrated the high school student movement, hijacked it from the students themselves, and engaged in extreme violence.""

— Édouard Geffray , Politician

"My government is taking further steps to "address the difficulties faced by high school students and educational staff"."

— Sébastien Lecornu , Politician