The Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, repeats that he is ready to meet the representatives of high school students “next week”

Several high school and student organizations are calling for the movement to continue for the return to school from the All Saints' Day holidays. According to the Ministry of National Education, 41 high schools were blocked in the morning.

The Paris police headquarters did not authorize the demonstration planned by Interfac Ile-de-France in the heart of the capital, the collective announced to AFP on Monday, November 2. “They say that the route in the center of Paris is prohibited,” denounced Coppélia Moreau, one of its members. Interfac IDF, which presents itself as the general assembly of students from Ile-de-France faculties, has declared a route going from the Panthéon, in the 5th arrondissement, to the headquarters of Medef, in the 7th arrondissement. The collective plans to take the matter to the administrative court when it has received official notification.

Sébastien Lecornu is ready to meet the representatives of high school students “next week”. The Prime Minister is available to receive representatives of high school students again, Matignon said. “As agreed, a slot is planned at the Prime Minister’s level next week to once again receive high school students,” said the head of government’s services.

Student and high school organizations are continuing the movement started six weeks ago, after the All Saints' Day holidays. The Ministry of National Education reports 41 high schools blocked, or around 1% of the 3,700 French establishments. They are "in Ile-de-France, in the North, in Toulouse", declared Minister Edouard Geffray, on France Inter, judging the phenomenon "fairly residual". “More than 150 high schools are mobilized” with a “total or filtering blockade” Monday morning, says the High School Union.

The High School Union (USL) and the Student Union called, on the sidelines of Saturday's demonstrations, for new blockages on Tuesday and Thursday. Unef, for its part, called "to organize in all universities this Monday, November 2", estimating that "Tuesday, November 3 must be a black day in universities", with blockages across the country.

“The time to return to class has come,” Emmanuel Macron’s entourage told the press on Sunday, while recognizing that “this kind of movement never ends absolutely clearly.”

The government promised, last Monday, a series of measures: the gradual replacement of Parcoursup by 2028, the cancellation of the job cuts planned in National Education, the creation of 500 additional positions, a capping of 28 students per second year class and 15,000 additional places in higher education. The inter-union is still demanding an investment of 10 billion euros in education and higher education, as well as the repeal of Parcoursup.

A 53-year-old school nurse, violently arrested this morning in Montpellier during the blockade of a high school, was placed in police custody for "contempt". According to a parent representative, she “wanted to intervene between the police and the high school students”. On videos circulating on social networks, we see the woman shouting something towards the police in front of the Jean-Monnet high school. She is then thrown to the ground by a police officer, who pins her face down and handcuffs her. Two 15-year-old high school students, who had refused to obey the summons, were also arrested and placed in police custody, according to the police.