Politics · France · 15 hrs ago
Paris meeting focuses on how to sustain French students’ protests
Hundreds of high school students from across France met at the Paris Labour Exchange on Saturday, 10 October.
They discussed how to continue protests after days of school blockades and demonstrations.
Some students said participation at their schools was falling and that the movement was becoming tiring.
They want to organize more assemblies, coordinate between cities and persuade more students and workers to join.
Some also discussed taking action beyond blocking schools, including during the school holidays.
Students from cities including Nantes and Montpellier attended, and one described the movement as becoming national.
They said they plan to continue mobilizing next week and are working on ways to keep the movement going.
Hundreds of high school students from across France met in Paris on Saturday, 10 October, to discuss how to sustain their protest movement.
The assembly took place at the Bourse du Travail, near Place de la République.
Students discussed ways to keep the mobilization going and broaden it in the coming weeks.
Some said the movement was losing participants and called for better organization and support from workers and other students.
Participants also considered actions beyond blocking high schools, including during the school holidays.
- Who
- Hundreds of high school students from schools across France, including students from Nancy and Montreuil.
- What
- They held a general assembly to discuss how to sustain and broaden their protest movement.
- When
- Saturday, 10 October 2026.
- Where
- The Bourse du Travail in Paris, near Place de la République.
- Why
- They wanted to keep the mobilization going in the coming weeks, despite signs that participation was declining.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We are really trying to find solutions to continue, to stay motivated because we know it is the only way to make the government hear us.
We have to try to convince as many people as possible, and not just high school students.
At this assembly, Nantes is here, Montpellier is here, there are lots of other cities. It’s becoming something a bit national.
Students gathered outside the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, according to the article’s photograph caption.
Students from across France met at the Bourse du Travail in Paris for a general assembly.
Students planned to continue the mobilization and discuss how to widen it.
- Meeting
- General assembly of a few hundred high school students
- Date
- 10 October 2026
- Venue
- Bourse du Travail, Paris
- Nearby landmark
- Place de la République
- Participants’ concern
- The movement was beginning to lose participants
- Proposed outreach
- Seek support from workers and students at other schools
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