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In Lille, where several thousand people, adults and teenagers, marched without incident, Iris, 17, says she was "really touched" when seeing some of her friends targeted by police charges and tear gas during the blockades of her establishment, even though they "were not violent at all." #ViolencesPolicières #ManifestationLycéenne #Éducation (translated)

During high school protests across France, tens of thousands of young people express their anger at police violence, heightened by serious incidents that occurred during blockades, while demanding more resources for education. #ViolencesPolicières #ManifestationLycéenne #Éducation (translated)

"From the police, he replies. It has become violent and aggressive. The young people are protesting against their poor study conditions, and they are being sent police without restraint. It is unacceptable. Police violence was occurring in the suburbs before, but now we have it here. It seems that the government cannot control its troops." Antoine, in his fifties and father of two teenagers, has made a cardboard sign: "Let's protect our children." #MobilisationLycéenne #Éducation #JusticeSociale (translated)

In Lens, a 15-year-old high school student had his hand amputated after being injured by a police grenade during a protest, causing anger and bewilderment among his peers and an investigation by the IGPN into the circumstances of the incident. #Lens #MobilisationLycéenne #ViolencePolicière (translated)

The author expressed sadness at a divided country and felt that everyone seemed to have to choose which victims and which violences to consider. He compared the situation to that of the Yellow Vests, stating that in the absence of a political response, only police responses had been provided. https://t.co/jowjVZjbFS #France #Tristesse #GiletsJaunes #FR (translated)

On October 6, 2026, a union coalition from the National Education joins high school students for a day of demonstrations across France, marking Act III of a high school blockade movement in response to demands regarding teaching conditions and police violence. #MobilisationLycéenne #Manif6Octobre #ÉducationNationale (translated)

Louis Boyard wrote that the right condemned the high school students' movement by accusing it of violence. He asked whether they also condemned the police violence denounced by the high school students, citing severed hands, pierced eyes, and strangulations. According to him, in response to these accusations, some said that it was necessary to wait for the results of the investigation. He denounced a "double standard," opposing this caution to the immediate condemnation of the high school students' movement. #ViolencePolicière #Lycéens #DeuxPoidsDeuxMesures (translated)

In Lyon, more than 20,000 protesters, including high school students, parents, and teachers, marched to support the demands of young people regarding education, while denouncing police violence, which raised concerns among the parents present to ensure the safety of their children. #Manifestation #ÉducationNationale #ParentsSolidaires (translated)

"The high school student movement must be able to express itself safely." The Socialist mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, proposed on Tuesday to open the district town halls to mobilized high school students to meet without facing "police violence," provoking anger from right-wing mayors. #Manifestation #Lycéens #ViolencePolicière (translated)

Press briefs reported that Emmanuelle Jourdan-Chartier, vice-president of the League of Human Rights, announced her intention to bring the matter before the United Nations. She condemned police interventions which, according to her, "generate escalation" and the use of mutilating weapons against high school students, referring to an "unprecedented repression." #Répression #Police (translated)