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Overview
- The nationwide lycée wave intensified on Thursday with authorities saying 1,027 schools were affected and the interior ministry reporting 1,949 arrests after clashes, fires and widespread property damage.
- Ministers convened an interministerial crisis cell, prefects issued local bans and the education ministry announced hundreds of school closures and plans for remote teaching to protect staff and pupils.
- Three investigations were opened and entrusted to the IGPN, the police watchdog, after videos and complaints showed pupils injured during blockades and raised questions over use of intermediate weapons.
- The executive blamed La France insoumise and far-left proxies for organising or amplifying the unrest, a claim denied by LFI, while teacher unions are split between backing students' grievances and calling for protection of staff.
- A national day of mobilisation is planned for October 6 and local authorities are filing damage complaints, leaving schools, police and courts to manage prolonged disruption with political and legal fallout likely to follow.