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French teenagers have been blockading high schools since last week, protesting against issues like class sizes, lack of teachers, and school schedules. On September 29, clashes erupted between students and police in cities such as Paris, Lille, Nantes, Marseille, and Lyon, with some students setting fires and piling up rubbish bins to prevent entry into the schools. Unions are planning nationwide protests on October 4 against Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s cost-cutting budget, expected to draw tens of thousands in Paris alone.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-29,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned against escalating school protests after 164 people were arrested on Monday, following demonstrations by high school students across France over issues like overcrowded classes and teacher shortages. The movement began in Paris last week and has since spread to cities including Lille, Nantes, and Marseille. On Tuesday, clashes between masked students and police erupted in several locations, with some protesters setting fire to bins and throwing projectiles at law enforcement, who responded with teargas and batons. According to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, 48 police officers were injured during the protests on Monday and Tuesday, while 10 students and staff members sustained injuries. Nationwide, around 300 schools were affected by demonstrations or disruptions, leading to a total of over 400 arrests, mostly minors. The protests coincide with strikes by public sector workers demanding higher pay and better working conditions due to planned budget cuts by the government.
Written for “French Student Protests Over Budget Cuts” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 57 other(s) covering the same event.
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French teens blockade schools as unions vow day of ‘anger’ over cost-cutting budget
PARIS –
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French teenagers clashed with police on Sept 29 as they kept up a blockade of some high schools that has angered the government, with unions planning nationwide protests over a cost-cutting budget.
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unions → clash → budget
High school students have since last week staged protests outside their schools over issues including timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers, with some blocking entrances with rubbish bins and setting fire to them.
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The movement in the lycees, which handle the final years of school in France, started in the Ile-de-France region around Paris, where blockades in some 10 schools were reported by education authorities on Sept 29.
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It has now spread to other cities nationwide.
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Masked students gathered outside the Lycee Cesar Baggio in Lille, in northern France, as a bin burned, with police using teargas as clashes erupted.
Teens piled up dozens of bins to prevent entrance to the Lycee Gabriel Guist’hau in the western city of Nantes, while in Paris there was an uneasy standoff between 30 students and a contingent of police at the Arago school.
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Similar actions were also reported in Marseille in the south, Lyon in the south-east, and other cities.
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At the Lamartine school in Paris, around 80 students gathered outside brandishing slogans like “more hours of lessons than sleep” and “8am to 6pm, are we pupils or under arrest?”
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The actions came as unions planned a day of nationwide demonstrations and strikes over the budget of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.
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Tens of thousands were expected to rally in Paris and other cities, with teachers and fire services striking nationwide although with public transport not badly affected.
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I warn the government: It must address the demands and revise the draft budget, which is dangerous for the country and is driving us straight into the wall of recession at 200 kilometres an hour,” the head of the hardline CGT union Sophie Binet told BFM TV.
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A 17-year-old student at the Lamartine school, who asked not to be named, said they had been angered by a lack of resources, overheated classrooms and overly congested timetables.
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“We are also there to support our teachers who have a crazy amount of work compared to what they earn,” she said.
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Lecornu said on Sept 28 any escalation of demonstrations at high schools would be “irresponsible” and lashed out at the hard-left France Unbowed party for encouraging the protests.
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Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said 164 arrests took place on Sept 28 and 180 schools were affected, adding: “We cannot tolerate excesses.”
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