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French Student Protests Boil over as Clashes Rock High Schools

Summary by Daily Sabah
Riot police clashed with high school students across France on Friday as a growing protest movement over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and deteriorating school building...

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The massive protests by high school students and students in France against the reform of the educational system and the deterioration of the educational conditions have turned into violent clashes with the police and street unrest, and the recording of student protests in France has grown into a riot for the first time.

French riot police clashed with high school students across the country on Friday, and unions called for teachers to go on strike as President Emmanuel Macron's government struggles to cope with increasingly violent protests over school conditions and education funding. Tear gas was used on the streets of the eastern city of Strasbourg, while police cordons were hurled at […] The post High school students clash with police as France tries to que…

Protests by French high school students against poor educational conditions, including overcrowded classrooms and a shortage of teachers, have spread to dozens of cities and hundreds of facilities, including schools. The protests have escalated into unrest and clashes in some areas, with reports of schools and buses being set on fire and bus stops being vandalized. According to reports, police have been confronted with the spread of unrest in so…

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BBC News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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