Morning live blogs framed the interprofessional strike over wages and the 2027 budget as unions' bid to retake leadership from youth-led October protests, with 250-260 actions announced, 70,000 police deployed and the Paris République-Nation route upheld. The education ministry counted 81 blocked lycées against 1,000 claimed at a standstill, 16% striking teachers and one-third of higher-education sites disrupted.
By midday authorities reported 270,000 marchers in 180 processions outside Paris, the Paris cortège leaving after a minute's silence for Trappes victims. Raphaël Glucksmann was blocked at République and left, a lycée near Toulouse burned after mortar fire, and clashes left injuries in Paris and La Courneuve.
Final counts diverged at 575,000-600,000 per Beauvau with 448 arrests against 1.6 million per the CGT. Prime Minister Lecornu answered with a social conference Monday at Matignon. Separately, a Dublin-Rome A320 was diverted to Évreux among a dozen European bomb alerts.