Education
French students resume school protests at smaller scale after autumn break
November 2, 2026 at 03:30 PM
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3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
طلاب المدارس في فرنسا يستأنفون التظاهر ضمن ثالث موجات الاحتجاج
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يواليوم السابع
اعتقال 779 شخصا في فرنسا خلال الاحتجاجات.. وتحقيق في محاولة قتل بعد إصابة شرطي
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AJAl Jazeera English
French school protests resume on small scale as students return from break
(opens the publisher’s site)French high school students resumed protests Monday after the autumn break, blockading schools as the third wave of unrest drew fewer participants.
- The education ministry said students blockaded 41 of France's 3,700 high schools on Monday, about one percent of the total.
- Interior ministry figures showed 779 arrests and 320,000 protesters on Saturday, down from 2,628 arrests and 550,000 participants on October 17.
- Prosecutors opened an attempted murder investigation after a Molotov cocktail hit security forces in Paris, leaving an officer with burns.
- The government pledged 4 billion euros for school renovation, 15,000 new university places and a 28-pupil class cap; student unions called the offers insufficient and urged new blockades.