Education minister Edouard Geffray makes the offer after another day of sometimes violent demonstrations by high-school students.

Waves of protests expose debt crisis faced by French government, but political wrangling is stalling an escape plan. Is there a way out?

Far-left leaders are cheering on the students. Government officials accuse them of stirring up the unrest for political gain.

France is struggling to contain its biggest student protests in decades. What started as a demonstration in support of striking teachers at a suburban high school to the north of Paris has snowballed into a national crisis.

France has suspended the use of stun grenades for policing student protests that have swept the country, after a 15-year-old's hand was blown off earlier this week.

Student demonstrations in recent weeks re-lit a centuries-old torch of civil resistance. How do they compare to previous movements in France?

A sell-off in French government bonds that spread into broader Eurozone markets this month has lured big investors to “bottom fish” among beaten-down assets including Italian bonds and corporate debt, on a bet that contagion fears are overdone.