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POLITICS● ELEVATEDBREAKINGOct 2 · Oct 2, 2026, 9:11 AM

France closes 400 high schools as teens protests escalate

France 24 [en] · western europe

Almost 400 high schools were closed across France on Friday over a week-long protest movement by pupils over inadequate conditions at schools including overheated classrooms and a lack of teachers. The protests have seen students clash with police with some 2,000 people arrested, with pupils also blocking access to schools. France 24’s Olivia Bizot reports from outside a high school near Paris where she says many protesters are also decrying what they says is the use of police violence.

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