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French high-school students plan another day of protests
High-school students in France are planning another day of protests on Tuesday, October 13.
In Paris, a march is due to go from Place d’Italie to Les Invalides, near government offices.
Demonstrations are also planned in Rennes, Toulouse and Poitiers, and some high-school blockades are expected to continue.
The protests are part of an ongoing student mobilization, but the specific demands are not detailed here.
The government has begun offering political responses after initially focusing on maintaining public order.
Education Minister Edouard Geffray has promised 3,000 substitute teachers for the high schools facing the most serious problems, and their deployment has begun.
Student organizations have called that response inadequate and are due to meet Geffray on Thursday.
High-school students are due to protest again across France on Tuesday, October 13.
The Union étudiante has called for a student and high-school protest in Paris at 2 p.m., from Place d’Italie to Les Invalides.
Protests are also planned in Rennes, Toulouse and Poitiers, and school blockades are expected to continue.
The government has promised to deploy 3,000 substitute teachers to the high schools facing the most serious problems.
Student organizations have called the government’s measures “crumbs,” and are due to meet Education Minister Edouard Geffray on Thursday.
- Who
- High-school students and other students, called to protest by the Union étudiante.
- What
- They are planning protests and continued school blockades.
- When
- Tuesday, October 13, 2026. The Paris march is scheduled for 2 p.m.
- Where
- Across France, including Paris, Rennes, Toulouse and Poitiers.
- Why
- The sources refer to grievances raised by young people but do not specify them.
Student organizations
Government
Response to the mobilization
Student organizations
Student organizations have denounced the promised measures as “crumbs.
Government
The government has begun offering policy responses, including a promise to deploy 3,000 substitute teachers to the high schools facing the most serious problems.
Young people demonstrated in Paris during an earlier mobilization.
Sophie Binet called for a strike and demonstrations, and the ministry and student organizations confirmed a meeting for Thursday.
Student and high-school protests are planned in Paris and other French cities.
The Union syndicale lycéenne, Renouveau Lycéen and Lycéens ! are due to meet Education Minister Edouard Geffray.
- Paris march
- 2 p.m., from Place d’Italie to Les Invalides
- Other planned protest cities
- Rennes, Toulouse and Poitiers
- Substitute teachers promised
- 3,000
- Meeting with education minister
- Thursday, October 15, 2026
What people are saying
They are not listening to us, so we will go and find them
As long as the government does not answer the questions being raised, the mobilization will remain strong and continue to grow.
The mobilization of young people must take place calmly, in an orderly way.
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