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French Students Resume School Blockades Ahead of Nationwide Strike Over Living Costs

Students are keeping pressure on the government despite education concessions, as unions prepare a November 5 strike after a third weekend of mass protests and scattered violence.

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Chapters · 3

  1. 1France Protests Draw 320,000 as Arrests Rise to 780
  2. 2France School Blockades Resume After Third Weekend of Mass Protests
  3. 3French Students Resume School Blockades Ahead of Nationwide Strike Over Living Costs

Key moments · 16

Nationwide demonstrations begin over education and living costs

産経ニュース ↗

Nuñez announces exceptional deployment of 70,000 security personnel

Le Monde ↗

Minister flags particular danger as protests meet Halloween

Franceinfo ↗

Paris march route disputed as 180 demonstrations expected

Franceinfo ↗

Shops board up ahead of third protest weekend

France24 ↗

Interior Ministry reports demonstrations remain generally calm

Infobae ↗

Nationwide protests draw 320,000, with clashes and arrests

Deutsche Welle ↗

Authorities report 320,000 participants and 561 arrests

産経ニュース ↗

Organizers estimate 500,000 joined nationwide demonstrations

Le Monde ↗

France reports fewer damaged businesses than previous weekends

Franceinfo ↗

Government reports 320,000 protest turnout

CGTN ↗

Student unions announce renewed school blockades

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School blockades resume on smaller scale after holidays

© Eric Baradat, Reuters ↗

Limited school blockades resume as pupils return from holiday

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Students blockade dozens of high schools ahead of strike

France24 ↗

Unions plan national strike and further street demonstrations

Franceinfo ↗

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  4. Students block high schools in France to press for reform ahead of general strike
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  3. France reports largely peaceful protests
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  5. Proteste in Frankreich: Rund 780 Menschen bei Protesten in Frankreich festgenommen
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  3. Violent Paris protests draw 70K people as Molotov cocktails hurled at cops, US and Israeli flags burned - New York Post
    New York Post
  4. Clashes Erupt Again in France, After Festive Start to Day of Protest
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  5. Demonstrationen - Hunderttausende Teilnehmer bei neuen Protesten in Frankreich - erneut Ausschreitungen
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  1. "La préfecture nous balade" : à Paris, le parcours de la manifestation du 31 octobre au cœur d'un bras de fer judiciaire
    Franceinfo
  2. Manifestation du 31 octobre à Paris : le tribunal administratif suspend l’arrêté de la Préfecture de police interdisant la manifestation entre Bastille et Nation, souhaitée par l’intersyndicale
    Le Monde
  3. Toques de queda, 70.000 policías y comercios blindados: Francia se prepara para otra jornada de protestas
    La Nacion
  4. Cost of living protests to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Halloween - The Guardian
    The Guardian
  5. France braces for new wave of protests, govt warns of 'very high' violence risk
    France24