❗️🇫🇷 - Violent protests led by highschool students engulfed France, resulting in 24 schools being burned or ransacked and 78 injuries among staff members.

The protest started in mid September over poor condition in schools and grew to draw tens of thousands of protesters throughout the country. The student protesters claimed the schools suffered from years of neglect and underfunding, leading to extreme overcrowding, lack of basic amenities such as working bathroom and missed lessons.

The France government is grappling with a severe budget crisis as it balances increased war spending and foreign aid by increased borrowing, cutting welfare and infrastructure spending. French 30-year yield recently spiked to 5.48%, the highest level in 24 years.

The French police responded to the protest by making over 5000 arrests, the vast majority of which highschool students. Police has also been using heavy-handed tactics against minors, including batons, dispersal grenades, tear gas and flash-ball guns, leading to one pupil to lose his hand.