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French Student Protests Enter Third Week as Budget Debate Starts

Bloomberg Technology Tuesday 13 October 2026, 04:15 UTC By Benoit Berthelot 1 min read
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French Student Protests Enter Third Week as Budget Debate Starts French high school students are set to hit the streets on Tuesday, extending their movement into a third week with no clear response from policymakers to their demands in sight. A student-led protest organized by the main student and teacher unions is set for this afternoon in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, an event that could gauge if it’s running out of steam. At their peak, last Tuesday, the protests brought more than 250,000...

French Student Protests Enter Third Week as Budget Debate Starts French high school students are set to hit the streets on Tuesday, extending their movement into a third week with no clear response from policymakers to their demands in sight. A student-led protest organized by the main student and teacher unions is set for this afternoon in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, an event that could gauge if it’s running out of steam. At their peak, last Tuesday, the protests brought more than 250,000 people to the streets across France demanding greater means for education. They sometimes turned violent, as clashes with the police making close to 7,000 arrests.
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