France protests latest: riot police clash with thousands of students

Source: The Times
Published: 2026-10-06
Original: https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/france-protests-latest-news-french-students-schools-lxnx02q6p

More than 256,000 protesters have taken to the streets, including 56,000 in Paris, according to the interior ministry. Sébastien Lecornu, the French prime minister, has said that high school lessons across the country would be suspended until Friday to allow headteachers, teachers and pupils to pursue "internal democracy" as they addressed concerns over school conditions.