Students block access to a Paris high school as protests resume

Описание: (2 Nov 2026)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paris - 2 November 2026
1. Zoom in of banner hanging outside school reading (English): "Generation Revolution"
2. Close of students singing, wearing mask depicting French President Emmanuel Macron
3. Wide of police standing near crowd
4. Various of police officers arriving, managing demonstrators outside school
STORYLINE:
About two dozen students used bins to block access to Lycée Hélène Boucher school in eastern Paris on Monday, as they resumed protests after a two-week school break.

The Education Ministry described the blockades as residual, saying 41 of France’s roughly 3,700 high schools - about 1% - were blocked on Monday.

The movement began last month with high school students protesting the neglected buildings, teacher shortages and a university admissions system that they considered unfair to disadvantaged students.

Others including labour unions and student bodies, that have been frustrated with the rising living costs have since joined the protests.

French authorities expressed relief Sunday after mass protests over rising living costs resulted in less violence than previous weekends.

In Paris, rioters targeted police with Molotov cocktails at the end of Saturday’s march on the city’s eastern edge, injuring three officers and setting a car ablaze, police said.

France's government estimated that 320,000 people protested nationwide Saturday, fewer than in previous protests but still a significant turnout.

Police arrested 779 people Saturday, compared with 2,628 on Oct. 17 and 1,314 last weekend.

About 70,000 police were deployed around the country.

Police are preparing for more tensions as schools reopen Monday, with some groups calling for blockades.

AP Video by Nicolas Garriga

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