From: John Young <jya-AT-pipeline.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 10:48:47 -0500
Subject: S'elever Etudiants! 


   Financial Times, November 22, 1995


   French students take to streets

   Thousands of French university students attended
   demonstrations in Paris and a number of other cities
   yesterday in the first of a series of strikes set to hit
   the government this week.

   The protests came just ahead of an announcement expected
   today by Mr Francois Bayrou, the education minister, of his
   "emergency plan" to redress imbalances in the higher
   education system during 1996. The students have been
   calling for increased funding and a reduction in the
   extreme variations in resources between colleges around the
   country.

   Their action yesterday came ahead of widespread calls for
   strikes on Friday that are likely to severely affect
   services on the national rail network and public transport
   in Paris and other cities. The country's airlines are
   likely to be affected and many newspapers based in the
   capital may also not be available on the day.

   The Force Ouvriere union and the communist-led CGT have led
   calls for strikes in reaction to proposals unveiled last
   week by Mr Alain Juppe, the prime minister, to reform the
   country's deficit-generating social security system. 

   Andrew Jack, Paris




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