Students and teachers march in France on biggest day of high school protests
The government will review teacher shortages, long school days and building repairs after protests spread nationwide, with 86,000 demonstrators counted outside Paris, officials said.
- On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, students, teachers, and parents marched across France as protesters blockaded hundreds of schools, demanding the government address understaffed and dilapidated classrooms.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ordered his ministers to tackle student demands, including replacing absent teachers and repairing aging school buildings, with proposals due by the end of October.
- "When the answer is violence, it means democracy is no longer working," said Hugo Vetzel, a high school leaver in Strasbourg, as clashes left at least 715 police and 215 teenagers injured.
- France's Justice Ministry reported 5,060 arrests since protests began, with 87% of those detained minors, as the government and National Rally accused France Unbowed lawmakers of stoking unrest.
- Investor anxiety regarding France's ballooning budget deficit pushed 10-year bond yields to a 24-year high of over 5% last week, intensifying pressure on a government managing the crisis.
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The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, called on Tuesday evening at the Elysée Palace, several key ministers to analyze the crisis triggered by the scale of high school protests, which generated new violent confrontations with law enforcement in several cities. The emergency meeting takes place after the third day of national mobilization, supported by education unions. According to organizers, about 450,000 people participated in protests, w…
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