Student union calls for nationwide lycée blockades

Students join the action at Saint-Exupéry, connecting classroom conditions to shortages of teachers and other staff. The movement begins in a working-class suburb and quickly becomes a national issue.

Blockades and protests gain momentum after the initial Créteil action. Student demands include adequate staff, better-maintained buildings, manageable classes and changes to Parcoursup, the university...

Reporterre reported climate marches across 227 cities, with organizers estimating more than 130,000 participants. The slogan “Le climat est politique” connected climate action to social justice and...

Residents and union members march from Place Delille for a climate emergency plan. Local organizers connect climate impacts to heat-stressed schools, farm losses and water restrictions, and call for...

Climate activists and allied organizations march in Annecy for a funded emergency plan for adaptation and emissions reduction. The call brings together environmental groups, unions and local...

Unions representing public-service workers hold a nationwide strike and demonstrations over pay, recruitment and working conditions. Their call connects the defense of education and other public...

High-school students also demonstrate as public-service workers strike. Unions in Haute-Savoie describe student demands for more teachers, smaller classes, grants, and action against far-right...

The Solidaires union federation urges members to support young people and education workers, describing demands for staffed schools and safe, decent buildings. It also reports concerns about arrests...

A nationwide escalation brings strikes, demonstrations and attempted blockades to more than one thousand high schools, according to ministry figures reported by Le Monde. The movement’s origins in...

Solidaires calls on its members to join the student mobilization and frames school conditions as a public-service issue affecting students and staff together. The union describes police violence and...