Monday's return brought the anticipated blockades: 400 to 500 lycées closed in the morning, 413 disrupted at midday, 589 by evening, described by education minister Edouard Geffray as a nette décrue from Friday. Prime minister Sébastien Lecornu demanded classes resume where security allowed and met ministers on five reform sites, while the casseurs-payeurs bill was set for Senate review on 27 October. Coverage shifted after Lens, where a pupil was mutilated by a police grenade, prompting an IGPN inquiry. The ministry counted 190 injured pupils, justice reported 5,060 custodies including 4,400 minors and ten IGPN inquiries. Mélenchon denounced police violence, the CGT and rights groups condemned repression, Retailleau accused LFI of incitement. Unions called a strike for 5 November ahead of Tuesday's acte III.

Overnight, Brazil's first round put Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of Lula, forcing a run-off.