Students and teachers march in France on biggest day of high school protests
The movement has disrupted 589 schools and led to more than 5,000 arrests, officials said, as ministers face demands for more staff and repairs.
- 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 protests are taking place across almost all of France - and access to a wide range of education is being blocked.
The mobilization that began two weeks ago in the high schools of the Paris region gained national dimension and brings on Tuesday students, teachers and trade unions to the streets. In Paris, where the demonstration began at 2 pm, between 20,000 and 40,000 people are expected. The protests have already left more than 6,000 detainees and hundreds of wounded
Hundreds of schools in France blockaded in biggest day of student protests so far
Students, teachers and parents are marching in cities across France and protesters are blockading hundreds of schools, in the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations demanding the government tackle understaffed and dilapidated classrooms.
Students, students, parents and trade unions - the protests for better schools are expanding. Why the Interior Minister defends the use of grenades and rubber bullets.
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Students, students, parents and trade unions - the protests for better schools are expanding. Why the Interior Minister defends the use of grenades and rubber bullets.
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