France mulls response to Yellow Vest protests, students blockade schools

Over 100 high schools were blockaded across the country and students clashed with police in cities including Bordeaux and Limoges as the protested the government's education reform.

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe met with opposition leaders Monday to discuss the increasingly intense and violent Yellow Vest protests as students blocked schools across the country in a new twist to the unrest.

Philippe is due to unveil measures to address the situation on Wednesday at the National Assembly, Agence France-Presse reported. Before that, he is scheduled to meet Tuesday with representatives of the Yellow Vest movement.

“If nothing is done by the prime minister by next weekend, there will be desperation and rage," one of the representatives, 42-year-old taxi driver David Tann, told France Inter radio. "If my voice isn’t