Demonstrations of November 5: 81 high schools blocked at 10 a.m. according to the ministry, the High School Union announces 1,000 establishments “at a standstill”

While unions are mobilizing throughout France, high school students are continuing blockades. At 10 a.m., Thursday, November 6, 2.2% of high schools are blocked, estimated the Ministry of National Education, or 81 of 3,700 establishments. The High School Union (USL), which regularly accuses the government of underestimating the extent of the mobilization, reports for its part 1,000 high schools "at a standstill", whether blocked by students or administratively closed. Follow our live stream.

• Transport and schools disrupted. The Ministry of National Education estimates the rate of strikers on Thursday at 17.54% in public primary education. In transport, the four organizations representing the SNCF (CGT, Unsa railway, Sud Rail and CFDT) together called for a strike. Management anticipates “disrupted” traffic on most regional and Ile-de-France lines and “slightly disrupted” for TGVs. The RATP is counting on "normal" traffic on its metros, buses and trams, with the exception of the RER B, for which one in two trains will run for the North and two out of three for the South.

• Incidents in a Toulouse high school. Hooded people set fire to the Françoise high school in Tournefeuille in Toulouse, announces France 3 Occitanie. The students were evacuated. It is not yet known whether there are any injuries. A major emergency device deployed on site.

• Demonstrations throughout France. Some 252 actions have been announced at this stage for the mobilization of this Thursday, November 5, according to a CGT map, in order to protest against the high cost of living. In Lyon, the procession must leave in the morning from the Tobacco Manufacture, announces France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

• An important police force. On Wednesday evening, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced that he would mobilize 70,000 police officers and gendarmes, promising "an extremely firm response" to possible "overflows". Intelligence expects to see between 500,000 and 700,000 people in the processions, not counting Paris, with the fear of "numerous violence" and "damage to public buildings", according to a note consulted by franceinfo.