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Over 1,600 teachers and high school students are demonstrating in the streets of Marseille, south of France, according to police figures. French teachers are striking across the country demanding better pay and work conditions, after being "inflammed" by Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera's comments. IMAGES
France's new Prime Minister, former Education Minister Gabriel Attal pledges to "give schools all the resources they need to succeed". "It will be one of my absolute priorities as head of government" says Attal at the handover ceremony with his predecessor Elisabeth Borne. SOUNDBITE
At the opening of a meeting with employers at the Elysée Palace, French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to "accelerate" the reform of vocational high schools in order to present a bill "by the summer". IMAGES
Students block the entrance to Louis-Le-Grand high school in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, as part of the ninth day of demonstrations against the French government's pension reform. IMAGES
Several dozen young people block the entrance to the prestigious Henri IV high school in Paris, in opposition to the forced pension reform. IMAGES