Overview
- The Union syndicale lycéenne (USL) has called for a nationwide blockade of all lycées on Tuesday, September 29 to join a national public‑sector strike.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Education Minister Édouard Geffray issued a joint warning that police will intervene in cases of violence or a total blockade and asked school principals to coordinate with local security forces.
- Officials say recent local actions have escalated into mortar‑style fireworks, fires and assaults on school staff, leaving at least one pupil hospitalised and police officers injured, with multiple arrests reported including 21 in one day.
- Authorities cite the role of Snapchat and Telegram in spreading calls to block, say some leaflets appear to be AI‑generated, and report footage of masked individuals and outsiders at certain sites that complicate the picture of a pupil‑led movement.
- The row has become political: the government accuses La France insoumise of instrumentalising students while LFI accuses the executive of ordering repression, a clash that risks tougher policing of largely minor demonstrators and increases pressure for concrete responses on staff shortages and overcrowding.