READ ALSO Why are French students smashing down the gates of the education ministry? He also thinks the central government and municipalities should be able to requisition empty buildings and provide them as accommodation for students, particularly as the number of students in France keeps growing every year. Free health care is provided at many universities in France but not all, and Charte wants it to be a universal right - and on campus - for students anywhere in the country. She, like Damien Charte of Solidaires, says that far too many students are in financial difficulty because they can’t make ends meet. “We (at UNEF) have had students who were sleeping in cars or even in the street coming to us to ask for help,” she said.

Source: The Local November 13, 2019 17:30 UTC