
法国学生周五基本重返课堂,此前数日来,他们持续抗议,要求改善教育和学校条件。与此同时,联合国对期间偶尔发生的暴力冲突表示“担忧”。
Students in France were largely back in the classroom Friday following days of protests demanding better education and school conditions, as the UN voiced "concern" over the sometimes violent clashes.
联合国表示,正“担忧地”关注着相关事件 © Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP 自9月底学生开始封锁高中校门以来,已有数万人走上法国各地的街头,此举也导致防暴警察部队被部署。
The United Nations said it was watching the events 'with concern' © Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across France since students in late September began blocking entrances to high schools, which led to squads of riot police being deployed.
这些学生大多年龄在15至18岁之间,他们抱怨教师缺勤、课程安排过于密集、教室破旧不堪,以及校舍无法应对不断升高的气温。
The students -- most aged 15 to 18 -- have complained of absent teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures.
法国司法部周五表示,自示威活动开始以来,已有超过6800人被拘留,其中86%为未成年人。
More than 6,800 people have been detained since the start of the demonstrations, of whom 86 percent are minors, the justice ministry said Friday.
一位政府消息人士告诉记者,示威活动造成的损失“至少为3000万欧元”。
A government source told journalists that the cost for damage caused by the demonstrations was "at least 30 million euros".
学生呼吁周二再次发起示威浪潮 © LOU BENOIST / AFP 联合国周五表示,正“担忧地”关注着相关事件,并呼吁各方保持和平。
Students have called for another wave of demonstrations on Tuesday © LOU BENOIST / AFP The United Nations said Friday it was watching the events "with concern" and urged people on all sides to remain peaceful.
联合国人权事务发言人沙比亚·曼图表示:“我们正担忧地关注法国与学生抗议及高中封锁相关的多起事件,其中一些已演变为暴力冲突。”
"We are following with concern incidents related to the student protests and high school blockades in France, some of which have turned violent," said Shabia Mantoo, spokesperson for the UN human rights agency.
尽管示威活动总体保持和平,但部分抗议者曾纵火并破坏公交车站。
While the demonstrations have been largely peaceful, some protesters have started fires and vandalised bus shelters.
作为回应,警方使用了催泪瓦斯、警棍和爆炸球,此举遭到人权组织及学生本人的指责,称其使用了过度武力。警方已就相关不当行为指控启动了18起内部调查。
In response, police have used tear gas, batons and blast balls, leading to accusations from rights groups and the students themselves of a disproportionate use of force. Police have opened 18 internal investigations into allegations of misconduct.
周一,一名15岁少年在警方投掷眩晕手雷后失去一只手,此后政府已暂停使用该武器。
After a 15-year-old lost a hand on Monday after police fired a stun grenade, the government has suspended the use of the weapon.
政府消息人士周五表示,当局观察到人员流动出现“明显放缓”,并告诉记者,大多数受伤的高中生“并非因警方行动受伤,而是在抗议期间意外自伤”。
The government source said Friday the authorities were seeing a "marked slowdown" in the movement, and told journalists that most of the injured high school students "were not hurt by police action (but were) students who injured themselves accidentally" during the protests.
但许多学生告诉法新社,他们并未打算罢休。组织者已呼吁下周举行大规模示威活动。
But many students told AFP they were not relenting. Organisers have called for large-scale demonstrations next week.
“我们正在为下周积蓄力量,”西南部城市图卢兹的一名16岁学生说。
"We're saving our energy for next week," said one 16-year-old student in the southwestern city of Toulouse.
南部港口城市马赛的中学女生爱丽丝表示,教育部长发布的声明“是第一步,但还不够”。
Alice, a high school student in the southern port city of Marseille, said the education minister's announcements "are a first step but they're not enough".
学生工会代表马里乌斯·梅斯尼尔称,“他们只给了我们几块面包屑”,同时呼吁周二再次发起示威浪潮。
Student union representative Marius Mesnil said "we're being offered a few crumbs", while calling for another wave of demonstrations Tuesday.
周四晚间,首都巴黎警方表示,他们在巴士底广场使用了催泪瓦斯,以驱散一些“高风险群体”。
On Thursday evening in the capital Paris, police said they had used tear gas in Bastille square to disperse some "high-risk profiles".
为平息民众愤怒,教育部长爱德华·热弗雷于周四晚宣布,未来几天将部署约3000名代课教师,以替换114所受影响最严重的中学中缺勤的工作人员。
In a bid to placate the anger, Education Minister Edouard Geffray announced late Thursday that some 3,000 substitute teachers would be deployed in the coming days to replace absent staff at the 114 worst-affected high schools.
总理塞巴斯蒂安·勒科努也承诺将在10月底前提出应对危机的计划,而经济部长罗兰·莱斯库尔则表示,在高度受限的2027年预算框架内,仍有空间满足增加学校资源的要求。
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has also promised a plan to respond to the crisis by the end of October, while Economy Minister Roland Lescure said there was room to address demands for more school resources within the highly constrained 2027 budget.
在当前的预算草案中,教育领域的资金增幅位居第二——仅次于国防部门——预算将增加1.4%,达到909亿欧元。上周五,约有800所学校因抗议活动而关闭。burs-rox/as/jj
In the current draft budget, education has the second largest increase in funding -- after defence -- with a boost of 1.4 percent to 90.9 billion euros. Last Friday, some 800 schools had closed due to the protests. burs-rox/as/jj