警方与抗议者在巴黎热门旅游景点附近发生冲突，当时数以万计的学生和工会成员在法国各地游行，抗议学校经费和课堂条件。
Police and protesters clashed near popular Paris tourist attractions Tuesday as tens of thousands of students and trade unionists marched across France to protest school funding and classroom conditions.
总体情况：这些示威活动始于上个月的法国，是欧洲范围内一波大多不相关的教育抗议浪潮的一部分，抗议内容包括课堂拥挤、教师短缺、大学经费削减和教育成本上升。
The big picture: The demonstrations, which began in France last month, are part of a broader wave of largely unconnected education protests across Europe over crowded classrooms, teacher shortages, university funding cuts and rising education costs.
局势：警方在巴黎荣军院附近和法国西部城市南特的抗议活动中使用了催泪瓦斯，尽管官员表示大多数示威活动和平进行。
State of play: Riot police fired tear gas during protests near Les Invalides in Paris and in the western French city of Nantes, though officials said most demonstrations passed peacefully.
法国内政部称当天全国参与人数约为161,500人，而工会估计约有480,000人参加抗议。
France's Interior Ministry put Tuesday's nationwide turnout at roughly 161,500, while unions estimated about 480,000 protesters.
巴黎地区的抗议者中包括瑞典活动家格雷塔·通贝里，她因在上学期间组织气候抗议而走向全球舞台。
Among the protesters in the Paris area was Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who rose to worldwide prominence when she organized climate protests while still at school.
“年轻人没有被纳入讨论中，”通贝里在巴黎郊区圣但尼向记者表示。“我们的未来正被夺走，正如我们在这里所看到的，学校没有得到他们所需的投资。”
"Young people are not being included in the conversation," Thunberg told reporters in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis. "Our future is being stolen from us and, as we have seen here, schools are not getting the investment they need."
背后：教育方面的动荡正值欧洲政府面临日益增长的压力，需要控制预算赤字，因为更高的借贷成本加剧了他们的财政挑战。
Between the lines: The unrest over education coincides with growing pressure on European governments to curb budget deficits, as higher borrowing costs add to their fiscal challenges.