French students plan to hold new protests on Tuesday regarding President Nicolas Sarkozy's university reform that apparently will create an education system that will be funded by big businesses and the education won’t be accessible to poor students.

For several weeks students have been blocking university campuses around France due to this reform. Almost 46 out of the 85 universities of the country are still affected by the protests, Reuters reports.

Marches are planned to be held in Paris, Toulouse, Rennes and some other big cities in France. These marches are to be held before the talks due on Tuesday between unions and Higher Education Minister Valerie Pecresse.

These protests come for Sarkozy in a difficult time, after almost two weeks of strikes by transport workers and in the midst of urban violence in Paris suburbs.

Sarkozy says that he will not cede, adding that the law, approved in July, will put an end to years of neglect.

The law will give more autonomy to universities regarding their resources and it could mean a larger opening towards private financing.

Prime Minister Francois Fillon met on Monday with university presidents and said that the budgets of the universities will increase in the next five years by 50 percent.

According to the hardline Sud-etudiant union this promise is the same as with Sarkozy’s.

President Sarkozy promised that by 2012 the universities will receive a funding of 5 billion euro. This will start next year with a funding of 1 billion in order to improve student accommodation and for the poor students grants to be provided.

Aurelien Picot, Sud spokesman, said: “That doesn't change anything for us in the sense that it corresponds to what they already announced. He just said that he would keep his promises, but we're not satisfied with that."

Among the unions, differences of opinions are starting to show that protests may come to an end.

Students that are still protesting are saying that the law might trigger the privatization of universities, but the UNEF union only wants some modifications.