High school and student mobilization: two wild processions are underway in Paris, after the route initially planned by the organizations was banned

Direct High school and student mobilization: two wild processions are underway in Paris, after the route initially planned by the organizations was banned.

In total, 51 higher education establishments are “disrupted”, or less than a third, according to the Ministry of Higher Education. The Student Union, for its part, reports "one university in two disrupted" and "more than 50 campuses blocked" out of the 181 in France.

Two wild student processions were reported in Paris on Tuesday, November 3, during a day of mobilization in higher education. The Interfac Île-de-France collective called on students and high school students to gather at the Jussieu faculty, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. He had planned to demonstrate between the Pantheon and the Medef headquarters, but was met with a banning order from the prefecture, which offered him a route to the outskirts. A decision that the collective challenged in court but its request was rejected by the administrative court.

Few high schools blocked. According to the Ministry of National Education, 48 high schools were blocked at 9:30 a.m., compared to 41 at the same time the day before, which still represents a little more than 1% of the territory's establishments. For its part, the High School Union (USL) denounced “an absurd figure”, estimating to France Culture that “more than 500 high schools” were affected this morning by a “total or filtering blockage”.

Thursday's mobilization in sight. High school students and students plan to join Thursday in the day of mobilization for purchasing power which, for the first time since the start of the school year, will bring together private sector employees, civil servants and retirees. The Paris route of this demonstration, also supported by yellow vests, has not yet been validated by the authorities.

Two student processions are now blocked by the police in the center of the capital, after the demonstration between the Pantheon and the Medef headquarters was banned. Discussions are underway between the police and representatives of Interfac Ile-de-France.

After the Interfac Ile-de-France demonstration was banned in the center of Paris, hundreds of students tried to defy the authorities' order and march towards the Medef headquarters, in the 7th arrondissement. They are currently blocked by the police in a street near Place Monge, in the 5th arrondissement.

On franceinfo, a representative of Interfac IDF refuses the route proposed by the authorities on the outskirts of the capital. “We want to demonstrate towards where things are happening, towards the places of power. We want to go to the Medef headquarters because that is where we are going to get the money, in the pockets of the bosses who gorge themselves, while in our universities and our high schools there is nothing,” she defends.

No student demonstrations authorized this afternoon in the center of Paris. The administrative court has just validated the order banning the route planned by Interfac Ile-de-France between the Pantheon and the Medef headquarters. The police headquarters invites people who wish to take the only validated route, between the Porte de Charenton and the Porte de Montreuil.