French High School Blockades to Restart on Monday, Student Unions Say
Student leaders say government proposals do not address class sizes, admissions transparency or shortages as protests spread after 320,000 people marched nationwide.
- On Monday, French student unions began blockading high schools as classes resumed following a two-week holiday, with Pierre Sourzat, head of the "Lycéens!" group, announcing the campaign.
- The movement emerged from weeks of demonstrations against inequality and the "high cost of living," with students targeting the Parcoursup admissions platform and calling government proposals "smoke and mirrors."
- French President Emmanuel Macron's government urged a calm return to classes, asserting that "young people have been heard" while focusing on Thursday's actions to prevent further rioting.
- Sabrine Kharbach, spokeswoman for the Union Etudiante, confirmed additional blockades are planned for Tuesday and Thursday, while Sourzat dismissed government class-size proposals as applying only to 10th-grade classes.
- A general strike on trains and public services is scheduled for Thursday, complicating the government's response as the country faces potential recession and debt pressure limiting financial capacity.
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Blockades in French high schools will resume on Monday, when students return from a two-week vacation. Some schools will be blocked on the first day, with wider action expected on Tuesday. This was stated by Pierre Surza, head of the student organization “Lycéens!”, on RMC radio. “From Tuesday it will be more widespread, but we know that some schools will be blocked tomorrow,” he said. Surza added: “We support all our comrades who are blocking t…
French high school blockades to restart on Monday, student unions say
<p>From Monday in France, students will again block schools after mass protests French students and students will resume the lockdown of educational institutions from November 2. They consider government measures insufficient.</p>
The leader of a student organisation has announced that the French high school block campaign will be resumed for months, and claims that the measures proposed by the government do not fully meet the demands of the schools, transmitted AFP. Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people, including high school students and students, went out again in the street...
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