Students blockade French schools and universities again as nationwide strike and mass rallies loom

Summary

Students blockaded dozens of high schools and universities across France on Tuesday to keep pressure on the government over education reforms, as trade unions prepared a nationwide strike. The school protests have fuelled a broader movement against soaring prices and inadequate public services, which has drawn hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets over the past three weekends. FRANCE 24 reported from a high school blockaded by students in Aubervilliers, near Paris, where correspondent Clovis Casali filed a report. On Thursday, November 5, students again blocked schools and universities across France, rejecting the government's response as insufficient, and FRANCE 24 reported that they describe it as 'meaningless'.

Timeline

1. FRANCE 24

   5 Nov 2026, 10:24 UTCSource ↗

   FRANCE 24 reports that students blockaded dozens of high schools and universities across France on Tuesday to maintain pressure on the government over education reforms, as trade unions prepared a nationwide strike, and that its correspondent Clovis Casali reported from a blockaded high school in Aubervilliers near Paris.

2. FRANCE 24

   5 Nov 2026, 12:51 UTCSource ↗

   FRANCE 24 reports that students are blocking their schools and universities across France again on Thursday, November 5, despite the government's response, which they deem insufficient, and its headline describes the students' rejection of the government responses as 'meaningless'.