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French high-school students resume blockades over education demands
📅 3 November 2026Student blockades resumed after the school holiday period, with mobilization figures contested: the student union USL claimed about 500 schools and 50 campuses were affected, while the education...
La France Insoumise programme pledges anti-racism measures and foregrounds Palestine
📅 6 November 2026La France Insoumise published its 2027 presidential programme, “L’Avenir en commun,” on November 6 and presented it at a rally at Le Bourget the following day. The programme allocates €1 billion to...
Community attends funeral for Pengo Bossio Wangi, killed in racist shooting near Paris
📅 7 November 2026A public funeral was held on November 7 for Pengo Bossio Wangi, 26, who was killed in a shooting in Trappes on October 23. Le Monde reported that relatives and community members attended and spoke...
France advances a 1.6% minimum-wage rise as unions call for broader pay increases and a strike
📅 9 November 2026After a social conference with unions and employers on 9 November, the French government announced a 1.6% rise in the SMIC from 1 December, bringing monthly net pay to about €1,502. The CFDT said...
Trial opens in Paris over 2020 beating of Black music producer Michel Zecler; racism debated but not charged as an aggravating factor
📅 9 November 2026The trial of three former Paris police officers accused of beating music producer Michel Zecler and falsifying official records opened on 9 November. The alleged assault occurred in 2020 and was...
French author Michel Houellebecq placed under formal investigation over anti-Muslim remarks
📅 10 November 2026A Nanterre investigating judge placed French author Michel Houellebecq under formal investigation on 10 November for alleged complicity in inciting discrimination, hatred or violence based on...
Custody statements in Trappes shooting investigation reveal racist and anti-Muslim targeting, Le Monde reports
📅 12 November 2026Le Monde reported that Kevin Tessier, arrested in connection with a shooting in Trappes, told investigators he had targeted people by ethnicity or religion and described his aim as defending France...