Hundreds of thousands expected as school protests start on ‘day of mobilisation’ across France – Europe live

Trade unionists, teachers, public sector workers and parents’ groups are expected to join students in marches nationwide

AP noted comments from France’s interior minister Laurent Nuñez, who defended the government’s muscular response to protests, despite a growing list of gruesome injuries to young protesters blamed on police riot-control weapons.

The latest was Monday, with a 15-year-old who lost a hand, seemingly ripped off by a police stun grenade.