Overview
- The interior minister said Wednesday that 356 schools were affected and 625 people had been arrested after a week of student‑led blockades that began in the Paris region.
- Education authorities report dozens of injuries including at least ten school staff and multiple students, with incidents described as involving fireworks mortars, burning barricades and tear gas.
- The government has opened a consultation platform to collect student demands and ordered local school councils to meet while the police watchdog IGPN is investigating several interventions.
- Student unions have called to reconduct blockades and to expand action to universities with a coordinated day of protest planned for October 6, raising the prospect of wider disruption to campuses and classes.
- Political tensions have hardened as elected figures from La France insoumise publicly supported the mobilization and the government accused them of encouraging unrest, intensifying debate over responsibility and public‑school funding.