
The movement is entering its third week of protest while participation figures are declining.
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The high school protest movement has lasted for three weeks, with regular demonstrations organized in the form of “acts”.
The high school mobilization begins its third week of protests, marked by “act 5” scheduled for Tuesday, October 13. This new meeting is decisive before the start of the All Saints' Day holidays which could see a movement already losing momentum run out of steam.
Last Thursday October 8, the rallies brought together 71,500 demonstrators throughout France according to the Ministry of the Interior, compared to nearly 256,000 people - still on national territory - on Tuesday October 6. The Minister of National Education Édouard Geffray estimated that “the movement was clearly declining in its effects on the opening of establishments, with centers of disruption now more limited”.
Students and unions therefore hope to relaunch the movement and continue to assert their demands. What will this “act 5” of Tuesday look like (after “act 1” of September 29, “act 2” of October 1, “act 3” of October 6 and “act 4” of October 8)? Le Figaro does the…
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Running out of steam before the All Saints' Day holidays.
Possible · Within weeks

The high school mobilization begins its third week with blockades of establishments. A new strike call is launched for Tuesday, as the government attempts to respond to demands through replacement announcements and a consultation.

The inter-union and high school students are calling for a new day of strike and demonstrations on Tuesday in France to defend education, despite government announcements and concerns around the medical internship competition.

The high school and student protests continue in France, threatened with stagnation despite government announcements on replacements and the Agora platform. Sophie Binet (CGT) warns the executive, while the Defender of Rights takes up police violence.
According to Sébastien Lecornu, 71% of the 76,500 contributions collected on the government consultation platform relate to the organization of school time, 51% to difficulties linked to buildings and 28.5% to absent teachers. The platform, open until October 23, aims to develop an action plan to improve high schools.

Young people aged 18 to 19 from the Génération Paty project presented their book at the Samuel Paty college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, where they shared their experience of the trial of the accomplices in the assassination of the teacher and exchanged with third-year students on freedom of expression and the spread of rumors.

Hundreds of high school students from all over France gathered in a general assembly in Paris to structure the movement, extend mobilization to workers and imagine new modes of action.