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Overview
- A mass lycéen and student mobilisation filled French streets on Tuesday with authorities and organisers estimating between roughly 266,000 and 450,000 participants across the country.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced the suspension of grenades assourdissantes for the student movement after a 15‑year‑old in Lens suffered a grave hand injury that investigators say could involve such a device.
- The Metz public prosecutor opened an enquiry after a circulated video showed a policeman appearing to touch a detained young girl and referred the case to the IGPN for authentication and criminal review.
- Legal teams and defence lawyers report widespread allegations of physical violence, insults and humiliation of minors in custody, while official figures show about 6,000 arrests since late September and hundreds of injured officers and students.
- The government has offered limited measures, including half‑day 'times of internal democracy' in schools and parliamentary auditions for ministers, but unions and student groups are calling for continued blockages and broader funding and staffing reforms.