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Student protests: First images from demonstrations in Paris

Student protests: First images from demonstrations in Paris
France 24 Tuesday 06 October 2026, 10:55 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Student protests: First images from demonstrations in Paris France Issued on: Share France braced on Tuesday for a day of nationwide high-school blockades and trade union-led street protests in support of students demanding that President Emmanuel Macron's cash-strapped government tackle understaffed and dilapidated schools.
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