Macron Promises Measures for Students After Weeks of Protests

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the government would announce “concrete measures” to address school students’ demands for more resources and better learning conditions.

The pledge followed weeks of classroom boycotts, closures and demonstrations across France. The protests escalated into unrest in different parts of the country.

Students have been pressing for greater support for schools and improvements to the conditions in which they are taught. Their campaign has disrupted classes and brought their demands into the streets.

Macron’s statement signaled a government response to those demands, but did not specify what the measures would include or when they would be announced.