法国圣但尼，10月7日——一段在社交媒体上疯传的视频显示，法国圣但尼市市长巴利·巴加约科周二在巴黎的一场游行中，直面警察，保护年轻抗议者并高喊“住手”。巴加约科表示，他一直在支持这位巴黎工人阶级郊区的学生，周二也要求警方不要对他们采取强制措施。
SAINT-DENIS, France, Oct 7 - In a video that has gone viral on social media, Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of the French town of Saint-Denis, stands facing police at a march in Paris on Tuesday, shielding young protesters and shouting "stop." Bagayoko said he has been supporting the students in his working-class Parisian suburb and on Tuesday was asking the police not to charge.
“他们决定采取强制措施，实际上就是针对这些学生，而其中许多人根本没有对警察表现出任何攻击性行为，”巴加约科在周三于圣但尼市政厅接受路透社采访时说。他是左翼激进政党“不屈法国”（LFI）的成员。他表示，最终警方向包括市长在内的人群发射了催泪瓦斯。
"They had decided to charge and effectively go after the students, many of whom had shown no aggressive behaviour whatsoever toward the police officers," Bagayoko, who is part of the hard-left France Unbowed party (LFI), told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday at his town hall office in Saint-Denis, on the northern outskirts of Paris. In the end, the police fired tear gas at the group, including the mayor, he said.
这场始于巴黎边缘化郊区的学生抗议浪潮已持续两周多，在距离法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙选举更换的六个月前，暴露出民众普遍的愤怒情绪。
The wave of student protests, which began in Paris' marginalised suburbs, has been going on for more than two weeks and has exposed widespread public anger six months ahead of an election to replace French President Emmanuel Macron.
自抗议活动开始以来，已有超过6000人被捕，数十名学生受伤。人权组织和工会指责警方对未成年人采取了过度手段，包括使用警棍、催泪瓦斯和非致命闪光球枪。当局称，也有数百名警察受伤，多所学校被烧毁或洗劫，教师和普通民众也遭到袭击。
There have been more than 6,000 arrests and dozens of student injuries since the protests began. Rights groups and unions accuse the police of using heavy-handed tactics against minors, including the use of batons, tear gas and non-lethal flashball guns. Authorities say hundreds of police officers have also been injured, schools have been burned or ransacked, and teachers and members of the public have been attacked.
圣但尼市的贫困率超过全国平均水平的两倍，是9月底最早爆发学生抗议的地点之一。抗议的导火索是教室过度拥挤、卫生条件恶劣、教师短缺以及机会不平等等问题。
The town of Saint-Denis, where poverty levels are more than double the national average, was one of the first sites of student protests in late September over overcrowded and unsanitary classrooms, teacher shortages and unequal opportunities.
“抗议活动在这里并不新鲜，每学年开学时都会发生，”巴加约科说。“共和党所承诺的（平等）——尤其是对工人阶级社区和农村地区而言——并未得到尊重。”他表示，政府应优先投资教育，并对亿万富翁征收更重的税款。
"Protests are not new here, they happen at every start of the academic year," Bagayoko said. "The Republican promise (of equality) — in particular for the working-class neighbourhoods, and also rural areas — is not respected." He said the government should prioritise investing in education and levy heavier taxes on billionaires.
总理塞巴斯蒂安·勒科努周三表示，政府将审查学生提出的诉求，并于10月底提出相关建议，但并未透露更多细节。
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Wednesday that the government would review demands made by students and present proposals at the end of October, but gave no details.
政府曾暗示，法国不屈服党（LFI）的政客是抗议活动的幕后推手，但巴加约科驳斥了这一指控，称其侮辱了年轻的抗议者。
The government has suggested that LFI politicians were behind the protests, an accusation that Bagayoko dismissed as insulting to the young protesters.
作为一位四个孩子的父亲，他说：“街上那些高中生可能就是我的孩子……站在他们身边是我的责任。”路透社
A father of four, he said that "the high school children who were in the street could be my children ... it is my responsibility to be at their side." REUTERS