Thousands of schoolchildren were on strike for the environment

“Thousands of schoolchildren were on strike for the environment.”

“Thousands of schoolchildren in the Uk, France and Germany”

“the Organizers in the Uk indicate that around 15 000 students in 60 cities participated in the manifestations, reports the BBC. Students bar banners and placards with slogans such as ”

“– We the people have put us in this situation, so it is our responsibility to take us out of it, said the 15-year-old Hal, who goes to a school In Hammersmith in west London, to the AFP.”

“the labour leader Jeremy Corbyn expressed his support for the students, while a spokesperson for prime minister Theresa May said that although the government is encouraging student engagement so it is a waste of class time that the teachers have prepared.”

“Even in France attended by students in over 40 cities in the protests. In the German Mainz gathered hundreds of students and demanded that the carbon intensity of energy supply has to be stopped immediately.”

“Similar manifestations have previously been carried out in Belgium and Sweden, inspired by the Swedish Greta Thunberg and her high-profile skolstrejk for the climate.”