France's high school protests

After a cabinet meeting, government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon says Macron sees students' concerns as legitimate but believes they are being exploited for political ends and turned into urban violence. He asks ministers for concrete responses within weeks.

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The Justice Ministry says 7,950 people have been apprehended since late September, 85% of them minors, and 2,735 charged. Lecornu says 248 students, 937 police officers and 149 school staff have been injured. 36 internal investigations into alleged police violence are open.

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Geffray holds a third meeting with student organisations and says a good part of the way has been made; he says Parcoursup changes due by late October will apply to this year's final-year students. The Union syndicale lycéenne walks out, saying it was not being listened to, and says it will skip a follow-up meeting on Monday.

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The autumn school holidays begin, which may pause the school blockades.

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Speaking in Brussels, Macron calls for calm before Saturday's protests, saying the right to protest must come with respect and means not insulting or smashing, and that officers have faced "extreme violence". Prime Minister Lecornu convenes an interministerial crisis cell for Saturday.

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Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez tells France 2 that police and gendarmes must be able to use all their intermediate weapons on Saturday, including stun grenades in case of very serious urban violence.

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The Paris police prefect bans a student march from République to Concorde planned for Saturday, citing serious risks to public order and violence at Tuesday's march. He offers a République–Nation route instead; organisers from Paris-area university assemblies refuse it.

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Ahead of Saturday's national protest day over the cost of living, joined by students and unions and with online calls from Yellow Vest supporters, Nuñez says he expects about 80 marches to be authorised, with 20,000 to 40,000 people expected in Paris.

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Early on Saturday, police disperse small groups attempting to block roads in Lyon, and franceinfo reports burning barricades in Rennes. The main marches, including in Paris, are due in the afternoon.

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In Marseille, France 3 and BFMTV report the first tensions between protesters and police on Saturday morning, with bins set on fire. No official arrest or injury figures have been given yet.

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The Paris police prefecture tells AFP that about 40 people were arrested early on Saturday, mostly for carrying banned protective gear or weapons, during checks enforcing protest bans near seats of power and train stations. It describes this as a first count.

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Before the Paris march leaves Place de la République, franceinfo and CNews report tensions, with police using tear gas; CNews reports projectiles being thrown. No official national figures have been given yet.

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The Interior Minister's office says 166 people had been arrested nationwide by midday; according to AFP, it also counted about 140 actions with 32,800 people outside Paris.

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The Paris police prefecture says about 20 people were arrested after projectiles were thrown and windows broken outside CNews headquarters. In Marseille, the minister's office says shops were vandalised, and AFP reports protesters briefly entered city hall.

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In Lyon, a branch of the tourism office is ransacked and set on fire during the protest, CNews and ICI report; Al Jazeera cites local media. No official figures for Lyon have been given yet.

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According to AFP, the Paris police prefecture says about 100 people had been arrested in Paris by midday. Marseille mayor Benoît Payan says President Macron assured him police reinforcements would be sent.

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CNews, ICI and Sud Radio report that 272 people had been arrested nationwide by mid-afternoon; BFM TV gives the count as of 3pm. L'Express, citing Le Parisien, attributes the figure to the interior minister's entourage.

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The CGT union says more than 500,000 people demonstrated across France, according to franceinfo and ICI. No official turnout figure had been published in the reports seen.

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In Saint-Étienne, a man in his twenties is seriously injured in the hand by a police grenade, AFP reports; the Loire prefecture confirms a serious hand injury, and a source close to the case tells AFP he had picked the grenade up. He was taken to hospital.

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In Lille, protesters force several entrances to the town hall and damage the building before leaving, AFP reports; shops are also looted. Mayor Arnaud Deslandes condemns the acts and says no staff were hurt.

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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says the government will not be intimidated and condemns the violence on the margins of the marches; CNews reports he accused the ultra-left of organising it. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez is due to speak in the evening.

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In Bordeaux, people enter and ransack the Gironde prefect's official residence, a prefecture spokesperson tells AFP; city-centre shops are also looted. Prefect Sophie Brocas condemns the damage, and a source close to the authorities tells AFP the RAID police unit was sent in as support.

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Organisers say about 800,000 people demonstrated across France, franceinfo and ICI report; franceinfo reports the interior minister put the figure at 550,000.

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Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez says about 550,000 people marched across France, including 110,000 in Paris, and that about 400 people were arrested, Europe 1 reports; CNews also reports 550,000 marchers and at least 400 arrests.

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In Limoges, a fire breaks out at the town hall after a group attacks the building following the march, Europe 1 reports citing AFP; the prefecture confirms the fire.

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In a post on X, President Emmanuel Macron says there is "no place for violence" in the Republic and that those who damaged or looted prefectures, shops and town halls will be prosecuted and punished; he also voices support for the police.

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Prime Minister Lecornu rejects La France insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's claim that police command was to blame for the chaos in Paris, calling it a dangerous reversal of responsibility, Europe 1 reports citing AFP.

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The Paris police prefecture says 191 people had been arrested in Paris by 6pm, about 90% of them adults, Europe 1 reports.

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Haute-Vienne prefect Maurice Barate tells AFP that the Limoges town hall is largely lost: the roof has collapsed onto the lower floors except in the west wing, and about two-thirds of the façade is gone.

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Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin instructs prosecutors to seek an extremely firm judicial response, including pre-trial detention, for those who attacked police, firefighters, public buildings and shops, Europe 1 reports.

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Late on Saturday, about 30 people try to storm La Santé prison in Paris, firing fireworks mortars at the building and nearby, and four people are arrested, Europe 1 reports.

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Visiting security forces in Paris on Saturday evening, Prime Minister Lecornu says about 1,200 people have been arrested across France so far, a higher figure than the interior minister gave earlier in the evening.

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Lecornu also says 150 police officers and gendarmes were injured, calling it a miracle the toll was not higher, and tells La France insoumise it is now time to choose a side, AFP reports.

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Limoges prosecutor Émilie Abrantes says her office has opened a criminal investigation into the town hall fire, handled by the national police's specialised and organised crime division, and that more than 15 people were in custody on Saturday night, Alouette reports with AFP.

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The mayors of Paris, Marseille and Lyon ask to meet Prime Minister Lecornu early this week, together with the mayors of other affected towns, and request a detailed and transparent account of how Saturday's events unfolded, Zinfos974 and Lyon Mag report.

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Paris police say they arrested a record 855 people in the capital over Saturday's violence, and the Paris prosecutor's office says 517 people were in custody on Sunday morning, 346 adults and 171 minors, figures it calls provisional, AFP reports.

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The Paris police prefecture says a man died following a cardiorespiratory arrest after collapsing on boulevard Magenta, France 24 and L'Express report; both describe him as a demonstrator. The timing and circumstances have not been detailed further.

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Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez gives a provisional national count on Sunday morning of about 1,800 people arrested and more than 500 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters injured, calling the toll provisional, Actu17 reports.

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The national count rises over the course of Sunday: CNews reports 2,397 people arrested nationwide and 997 police officers and gendarmes injured, seven of them seriously, while ICI separately reports close to 2,400 arrests and about a thousand injured security personnel.

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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu orders partial, localised curfews from Monday night in several cities: central Paris (Place de la République and Les Halles, from 11pm to 6am, with gatherings and demonstrations banned citywide from 8pm), Lyon, Nice and Coulaines, and Lille and three neighbouring communes, some limited to minors; the Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture separately bans all gatherings in Marseille from noon to 8pm. Lecornu rules out a full Paris curfew and says a state of emergency remains possible if needed.

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President Macron declines Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez's offer to resign over the weekend's violence, telling him to stay to keep the police chain of command intact. Nuñez says police “lost control” during Saturday's clashes and acknowledges a lack of anticipation and insufficient numbers for the crowds on the fringes of the marches.

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Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin tells the National Assembly's law committee, during a hearing on the justice ministry's 2027 budget, that 2,513 people have been taken into police custody since Saturday's violence, with about two-thirds still held; more than 70 have been placed in pre-trial detention, 35 of them in the Aix-Marseille area, about 580 are expected to face immediate-appearance hearings in the coming days, and around 50 judicial investigations have been opened, including into the Limoges town hall fire, LCP reports.

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The mayors of Paris, Marseille and Lyon will be received by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, at their request, Public Sénat reports; no date has been given for the meeting.

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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will receive the mayors of Paris, Marseille and Lyon on Thursday, October 22, at Matignon, franceinfo and Europe 1 report, setting a date for the meeting the mayors had requested after the October 17 violence.

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Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin says 174 people have been jailed in connection with the weekend's violence and looting, and that 917 of the roughly 2,500 people taken into custody have been referred to court for prosecution, Europe 1 reports. Separately, the Rhône and Paris prefectures ban planned Thursday marches by student groups, and the Perpignan prefecture bans demonstrations in its city centre from October 22 to 25.

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Prime Minister Lecornu meets union leaders at Matignon for two and a half hours, Euronews and Public Sénat report, but high-school and student unions are not invited, which the CFDT and CGT say they regret. CGT leader Sophie Binet says the government announced no measures responding to the protests and gave no consideration to unions' demands; CFTC leader Cyril Chabanier calls the meeting disappointing but says the government opened the door to discussing a minimum-wage rise.

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The CGT and other unions call for a nationwide mobilisation on November 5, with Binet urging workers to extend the action into a strike from that date, Euronews and Public Sénat report. Separately, gilets jaunes groups plan a cost-of-living protest in Paris and other cities on Saturday, October 24, which the CGT's Paris branch says it will join, Public Sénat and The Connexion report.

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Prime Minister Lecornu receives the mayors of Paris, Marseille and Lyon at Matignon on Thursday as they had requested after the October 17 violence; the mayors had asked for a precise, transparent account of how that day's events unfolded. BFM TV and Le Progrès report no concrete measures were announced. Lyon mayor Grégory Doucet says afterwards he expects Saturday's planned demonstration in his city to be allowed to go ahead.

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Police ban student marches planned for Thursday in Paris, Lyon, Lille and Grenoble, citing the risk of further violence after the previous weekend's unrest. After a security meeting at the Élysée, Macron says protests organised by groups with "no legitimate authority" will not be tolerated and that there should be no demonstrations in the coming days, blaming radical far-left groups and opportunistic looters for the violence; a Paris administrative court later overturns the capital's ban after organisers challenge it, AP reports.

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President Macron meets high-school student representatives at the Élysée on Friday, for the first time since the protest movement began over five weeks ago. The student representatives call afterward to keep up the mobilisation, France24 reports; the meeting's outcome and any concessions have not been detailed in reports seen.

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At the meeting, Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste rules out abolishing the Parcoursup university admissions platform, calling that "pure demagoguery," but says he is open to "profound changes." The government points again to the promised 3,000 substitute teachers and an extra €1.1 billion for education in the 2027 budget, and sets a further meeting for Monday, October 26, when it says it will present a first set of decisions on staffing, teacher replacements and Parcoursup, Al Jazeera reports.

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Student representatives, including Soumaya Sarre of the Fédération des Lycéens des Quartiers Populaires and Nathanaël Combary of Renouveau Lycéen, say years of unkept promises make them wary, and call for commitments backed by results. Combary names an overhaul of Parcoursup and a €1.5 billion emergency plan for school buildings as priorities, while other groups seek €10 billion more for education, more permanent teachers and 250,000 extra university places, Al Jazeera reports.

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The interior ministry says 410,000 people protested nationwide on Saturday, including 110,000 in Paris, in marches over the cost of living and the high-school movement; the CGT union puts both figures at nearly double the official count. In Paris, authorities bar the originally negotiated central route, leaving only a march from Porte d'Italie to Porte de Vincennes on the city's south-eastern edge; protests are also banned in Montpellier, Rouen, Nice and central Lyon, while a union march is authorised in Marseille under strict conditions. More than 70,000 police and gendarmes are deployed, including the RAID unit, at least 24 Paris metro stations are closed, and the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay shut for the day, Al Jazeera reports.

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Police use tear gas and water cannon in Paris as the mood turns tense towards nightfall; authorities say about 500 "rioters" clashed with police, a lower level of violence than the previous weekend. Police also use tear gas on about 150 protesters in Lyon, and clashes are reported in Marseille. Police say nearly 1,000 people have been arrested nationwide, including 65 in Paris earlier in the day, Al Jazeera reports.

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Remnants of the 2018 gilets jaunes cost-of-living movement join Saturday's protests, as unions had said they would; the movement separately announces a further protest for the following Saturday, October 31, Al Jazeera reports.

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The government announces it will cancel the 836 secondary-education post cuts planned in the 2027 budget and add 500 teaching posts in public lycées, AFP reports via La Dernière Heure and LCP. Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste says Parcoursup will be strongly changed from the 2027 intake before being replaced in 2028, which needs a law passed by Parliament.

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The announcements also include 15,000 extra higher-education places, a €5 billion renovation plan for lycées and universities (mostly low-rate loans to local authorities), student grants indexed to inflation and a cap of 28 pupils in seconde classes, AFP reports. Education Minister Édouard Geffray says none of the decisions is "an empty promise".

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French student and pupil organisations say the government's October 26 education measures fall short and vow to keep mobilising, AFP reports. The Union étudiante calls them "largely insufficient", UNEF says the government is answering with "crumbs", and the Snes-FSU teachers' union says youth demands are not met and urges a stronger strike ahead of November 5; the youth bodies' platform asks for 10 measures costing €10 billion.

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More than 300,000 people join a new wave of protests on Saturday, smaller than the mid-October unrest, Bloomberg reports; in Paris, where about 70,000 officers were deployed, police arrest 779 people and five officers are injured. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez calls a Molotov cocktail attack on an officer "attempted murder", and an investigation has been opened, according to AFP.

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Student unions call for school blockades this week and urge students to join the cross-sector strike on November 5, Bloomberg reports.

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France: about 15,000 people marched in Rennes on October 31 against the cost of living and in support of the school students' movement, Ouest-France reports. Local unions say they will keep their November 5 march route despite a prefectural ban.

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France: officials said 48 of the country's 3,700 high schools and 51 of 184 higher-education institutions were disrupted on November 3, while the USL student union put the number of blocked schools at about 500 and the Union Étudiante said over 50 campuses were blockaded. The USL denounced riot police deployed outside schools; Education Minister Édouard Geffray said on X that blockades deprive students of their right to an education. A nationwide union strike is set for November 5.

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France: unions say a nationwide strike on November 5 is shaping up to be large, with the CGT counting 1,140 strike notices across its organisations, Ouest-France reports. In Rennes, local unions have counted 45 specific strike calls across sectors, from rail to health and education, and want to keep their march route despite the prefecture's ban.

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France: the education ministry counted 40 of 3,700 high schools blocked on Monday, while the USL student union claimed 196, Le Monde reports. Minister Édouard Geffray called the blockades "clearly residual"; the heads' union SNPDEN-UNSA counted 35 schools in Paris alone blocked in whole or part on Tuesday. The ministry has not said what its figure covers.

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France: ahead of the November 5 strike, the towns of Romans-sur-Isère and Valence say they will keep schools open for pupils where at least 25% of teachers strike, with canteens closed and children bringing their own meals, ici (Radio France) reports. Unions plan marches in Valence and Montélimar, and rallies across Ardèche; pupils plan early blockades outside several high schools in the area.

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Rennes unions say they will keep their route for the November 5 march despite a prefectural ban, and have counted 45 specific strike calls across sectors. Ouest-France reports that the CGT's Ille-et-Vilaine federation expects turnout to exceed the roughly 15,000 who marched on October 31.

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France: ahead of the November 5 strike, Libération reports that the SNCF expects disruption on most lines while the RATP expects relatively normal traffic, and Ouest-France reports that in Lorient the unions' march will start from a hospital car park, students plan to block a university building and almost all public schools are disrupted.

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The FSU teachers' union stated on Bluesky that the general secretary of the Italian trade union FLC CGIL expressed support for the November 5 mobilization and announced that Italian students and education personnel will mobilize on November 20 to defend public education.

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The CGT, FSU, FO and Solidaires unions said they filed an urgent court appeal (référé-liberté) on the morning of November 4 over the Saint-Brieuc march route, which the prefecture then approved; Ouest-France reports the unions questioned the delay and ‘difficulties of dialogue’, saying they had declared the route on October 19.

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Ahead of the November 5 strike, Ouest-France reported that about 250 rallies were planned across France at the unions' call, with train, metro and public-transport services expected to be disrupted in the main cities.

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France's Interior Ministry said more than 600,000 people marched on November 5 for higher wages and in support of the school protest movement, while the CGT union said nearly 1.6 million took part in over 200 demonstrations, the Associated Press reported. ICI reported that at 1pm the interior minister's office counted 270,000 people at 180 rallies outside Paris, with 70,000 police and gendarmes deployed.

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The FSU teachers' union said on Bluesky and Instagram that the strike was a majority one in lower and upper secondary schools (52% of collège teachers, it said in a video) and that nearly 1.6 million people marched; the CGT said on Telegram that 1.6 million were mobilised. Both unions urged further action. These are the unions' own figures.

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Local counts differed from the unions' on November 5: the Sarthe prefect said 8,700 marched in Le Mans with no incidents while organisers estimated about 10,000, Ouest-France reported; in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin police counted 3,300 and unions 3,600 despite a prefectural ban; and the Côtes-d'Armor prefecture reported at least 8,400 marchers, with no violence.

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Lycée students blocked schools in several towns on November 5, including about 150 pupils at one school in Valence, ICI reported, and several lycées in Sarthe, Ouest-France reported.

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About thirty masked people entered the Lycée Françoise in Tournefeuille, near Toulouse, at around 7:40 a.m. on November 5 and set fires and caused heavy damage, Le Monde reported. No pupils were in the school, and local officials condemned the attack.

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The fourth day of action (acte IV) went ahead on Saturday, November 7, with about 90 mobilisations across France, Sud Radio reported. Organisers planned to gather at Place de la Concorde in Paris despite a police prefecture ban, and about 70,000 police and gendarmes had been deployed. No arrests were reported in Sud Radio's live blog as of 9:45 a.m. ICI's live blog headline quoted the government as calling the situation calm and under control, with participation sharply down; organisers' figures were not available. The main unions were not organising the day and are waiting for Monday's social conference at Matignon.

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