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Morning coverage centered on Sébastien Lecornu's 2027 budget presented in cabinet, built on tax rises, civil-service cuts, frozen family allowances and partial pension de-indexation, with ordinances floated to avoid censure.
Attention then shifted to the lycée 'acte deux', joined by some thirty universities. Fires in Nantes, a firebombed bus in Marseille, assaulted staff and over 900 actions were reported. Matignon said the movement had tipped into urban violence and blamed LFI, while Darmanin summoned prosecutors. Interior reported 1,949 arrests across 1,027 establishments. Education minister Geffray ordered remote classes, announced 400 closures Friday and scrapped BTS fees.
Mediapart said it authenticated antisemitic messages attributed to Jordan Bardella. In the evening five left-primary candidates debated blockades, Gaza and LFI.
Attention then shifted to the lycée 'acte deux', joined by some thirty universities. Fires in Nantes, a firebombed bus in Marseille, assaulted staff and over 900 actions were reported. Matignon said the movement had tipped into urban violence and blamed LFI, while Darmanin summoned prosecutors. Interior reported 1,949 arrests across 1,027 establishments. Education minister Geffray ordered remote classes, announced 400 closures Friday and scrapped BTS fees.
Mediapart said it authenticated antisemitic messages attributed to Jordan Bardella. In the evening five left-primary candidates debated blockades, Gaza and LFI.
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Coverage stayed on the lycée movement after Thursday's 1,949 arrests. With just over 400 schools closed Friday and protests banned around them, the ministry counted 564 establishments disrupted at midday, 735 by evening, 30% fewer than the day before. Geffray reported over 100 schools damaged and 40 headteachers injured, while Darmanin asked prosecutors to bill parents and Nuñez announced 1,747 arrests Friday, over 5,000 since Monday.
Incidents in Paris, Strasbourg and Belfort, where a policeman was beaten, dominated live blogs, alongside debate over an intelligence note blaming LFI. After meeting Geffray, who promised faster teacher replacements, pupil organisations disavowed violence but called for an 'acte 3' on 6 October, backed by an education strike call.
The evening shifted to Zidane's home debut as selector, a 1-1 draw with Italy, and Macron's announcement of a G7 release of up to 100 million barrels to lower fuel prices.
Incidents in Paris, Strasbourg and Belfort, where a policeman was beaten, dominated live blogs, alongside debate over an intelligence note blaming LFI. After meeting Geffray, who promised faster teacher replacements, pupil organisations disavowed violence but called for an 'acte 3' on 6 October, backed by an education strike call.
The evening shifted to Zidane's home debut as selector, a 1-1 draw with Italy, and Macron's announcement of a G7 release of up to 100 million barrels to lower fuel prices.
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With schools closed Saturday, retrospectives traced the revolt from Créteil on 17 September to over 1,000 establishments mobilised. Tallies dominated the morning: over 5,000 arrests since Monday, including 800 in Île-de-France 85% minors, damage estimated at several million euros. Attention turned to injuries and policing of minors after reports a 16-year-old in Tours lost use of his right eye to an LBD shot, alleged violence in Nanterre, a beaten plainclothes officer in Belfort and a 15-year-old arrested in Marseille.
Politically the day narrowed to instrumentalisation: a police intelligence note blaming the far left, government accusations LFI orchestrated blockades, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon urging parents to wear white armbands to protect demonstrators ahead of 6 October, as the government advanced its casseur-payeur bill.
Away from schools, editors followed Lecornu’s 2027 budget facing market defiance and Le Pen maintaining confidence in Bardella over antisemitism claims.
Politically the day narrowed to instrumentalisation: a police intelligence note blaming the far left, government accusations LFI orchestrated blockades, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon urging parents to wear white armbands to protect demonstrators ahead of 6 October, as the government advanced its casseur-payeur bill.
Away from schools, editors followed Lecornu’s 2027 budget facing market defiance and Le Pen maintaining confidence in Bardella over antisemitism claims.
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Sunday shifted from street counts to preparation for Monday. Education minister Edouard Geffray said 400 to 500 lycées would be fully or partially closed, with 24 burned or ransacked since the movement began. Prime minister Sébastien Lecornu ordered classes to resume wherever security allowed, sent ministers a five-site roadmap with decisions due by month-end, and accelerated Senate review of the casseurs-payeurs bill on parental liability. Prosecutors detailed the Belfort beating of a policeman, with two minors pursued as a detained pupil filed a counter-complaint, while the 15-year-old accused of spraying a woman with flammable liquid in Marseille was placed in detention.
Marine Le Pen maintained confidence in Jordan Bardella after Mediapart attributed antisemitic writings to him.
In the evening the five social-democratic primary candidates held their final televised debate before the first round, with Olivier Faure pledging to march with lycéens Tuesday.
Marine Le Pen maintained confidence in Jordan Bardella after Mediapart attributed antisemitic writings to him.
In the evening the five social-democratic primary candidates held their final televised debate before the first round, with Olivier Faure pledging to march with lycéens Tuesday.
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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.
Overnight, Brazil's first round put Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of Lula, forcing a run-off.
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Morning blockades opened Tuesday's mobilization under heavy surveillance, with counts split between 891 schools cited by the government and 1,800 claimed by organizers. Geffray called 85 injured staff unprecedented, Bregeon made restoring order the priority, and Nuñez described the Lens mutilation as a drama. Cortèges then drew parents, teachers and unions, with 256,000 counted by the Interior Ministry against 450,000 claimed by organizers. Attention shifted to policing after an IGPN referral over suspected sexual assault in Metz and a rights commission warning of disproportionate force. Prime minister Lecornu denied political orders for repression, said ultraviolence had entered schools and announced suspended classes for internal debate as Macron convened ministers at the Elysée. Police reported 488 arrests and 43 officers injured, with dispersal at Nation and talk of an acte IV Thursday.
Marine Le Pen presented the RN counter-budget promising 140 billion euros in savings by 2032.
Marine Le Pen presented the RN counter-budget promising 140 billion euros in savings by 2032.
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Wednesday opened as a test day after Acte III, with the ministry reporting mobilization in net recul — 459 establishments suspending classes — while organizers cited continued blockades and 80 blocked university campuses. Attention shifted to policing: interior minister Laurent Nuñez suspended use of stun grenades in the movement and cited 6,629 arrests and 761 injured officers, as education minister Edouard Geffray counted 215 injured pupils and 88 staff. A poll showed 55% approval for lycéens.
In the evening prime minister Sébastien Lecornu acknowledged anger did not come from nowhere, announced five chantiers with first decisions by end-October and pledged to release 10 million barrels of diesel for a 12-18 centime cut, with no electricity rise this winter. Unions still called an acte IV for Thursday.
Editors also marked the third anniversary of October 7 with commemorations in Israel and statements from Emmanuel Macron.
In the evening prime minister Sébastien Lecornu acknowledged anger did not come from nowhere, announced five chantiers with first decisions by end-October and pledged to release 10 million barrels of diesel for a 12-18 centime cut, with no electricity rise this winter. Unions still called an acte IV for Thursday.
Editors also marked the third anniversary of October 7 with commemorations in Israel and statements from Emmanuel Macron.
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