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Students torch two schools as protests rage across France
PARIS: Student protesters started fires in at least two French schools on Thursday, while teachers were inadvertently splashed with petrol at a third, officials said, amid increasingly violent clashes over staff shortages and dilapidated buildings. At Marseille’s Victor Hugo high school, the teachers were inadvertently splashed as a student attempted to throw gasoline into a trash bin, local authorities said. Earlier the prosecutor’s office had said the teachers had been assaulted and “doused in petrol”. At another school in the city, Saint-Exupery high school, hundreds of young people surrounded a fire truck that had arrived to put out a blaze in the morning, police said. The attackers forced the firefighters to flee the vehicle, then set it alight. Another blaze hit a school in the western city of Nantes, fire crews said. Teacher sustains injuries after being splashed with petrol during an attempted arson attack French education minister Edouard Geffray said that he would successively meet representative staff unions, parent associations and student associations on Friday. Crisis meeting The demonstrations and blockades, which began last week, have become a political flashpoint at a sensitive moment for the government, which announced a series of deeply unpopular spending cuts in its 2027 budget on Thursday. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s office held a crisis meeting on the protests, which have left dozens of people injured. Hundreds have also been arrested, most of them teenagers, officials have said. In the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis, crowds of young people massed in front of a line of police. One student held up a sign that read: “Can we explain ourselves without being teargassed?” Students have accused the police of using heavy-handed tactics, including the use of teargas. The government has criticised the violence that has broken out during some of the protests, but has said difficulties in high schools should be acknowledged and addressed. Interior minister Laurent Nunez said that, in some places, troublemakers were moving from school to school to incite violence. Geffray called for schools to hold classes remotely if protesters were blocking their premises. “Violence will not keep our students from their fundamental right to an education,” he said in a post on social media platform X. In Nantes, Olivier Chateau, a deputy to the mayor, told broadcaster franceinfo that the fire at Nelson Mandela high school was under control and that there had been no injuries. People in the building had been evacuated, while students due to arrive at the school were turned away, he said. The mayor’s office declined to comment further. Education Minister Edouard Geffray called for schools to hold classes remotely if protesters were blocking their premises. “Violence will not keep our students from their fundamental right to an education,” he said in a post on social media platform X. Published in Dawn, October 2nd, 2026
France school protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ as PM calls crisis cabinet meeting
About 900 demonstrations, blockades and related incidents under way outside high schools around the country A fast-growing protest by high-school students over long hours, teacher shortages and decaying facilities has escalated into “urban violence”, the French government has warned, as it said many schools would switch to online classes to protect teachers and pupils. The prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, called a crisis cabinet meeting on Thursday and told ministers to cancel travel plans to deal with the demonstrations, which erupted in the Paris region last week but have snowballed across the country. Continue reading...
French teens blockade schools as unions vow day of 'anger' over cost-cutting budget
French teenagers on Tuesday clashed with police as they kept up a blockade of some high schools that has angered the government, with unions planning nationwide protests over a cost-cutting budget. High school students have since last week staged protests outside their schools over issues including timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers, with some blocking entrances with rubbish bins and setting fire to them. The movement in the lycees, which handle the final years of school in France, started in the Ile-de-France region around Paris, where blockades in some 10 schools were reported by education authorities Tuesday. It has now spread to other cities nationwide. Masked students gathered outside the Lycee Cesar Baggio in Lille, in northern France, as a bin burned, with police using teargas as clashes erupted, an AFP photographer said. A placard which reads “Macron explosion” is seen in front of the entrance of the Lycee Arago high school blocked by French high school students in Paris as part of a day of strikes and protests by public sector workers, including firefighters, in France, on September 29, 2026. — Reuters Teens piled up dozens of bins to prevent entrance to the Lycee Gabriel Guist’hau in the western city of Nantes, while in Paris there was an uneasy standoff between 30 students and a contingent of police at the Arago school. Similar actions were also reported in cities including Marseille in the south and Lyon in the southeast. Nationwide demonstrations At the Lamartine school in Paris around 80 students gathered outside brandishing slogans including “more hours of lessons than sleep” and “8am to 6pm, are we pupils or under arrest?” The actions came as unions planned a day of nationwide demonstrations and also strikes over the budget of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron. Tens of thousands were expected to rally in Paris and other cities, with teachers and fire services striking nationwide although with public transport not badly affected. “The anger is immense. I warn the government — it must address the demands and revise the draft budget, which is dangerous for the country and is driving us straight into the wall of recession at 200 kilometres an hour,” the head of the hardline CGT union Sophie Binet told BFM TV. A 17-year-old pupil at the Lamartine school, who asked not to be named, said they had been angered by a lack of resources, overheated classrooms and overly congested timetables. “We are also there to support our teachers who have a crazy amount of work compared to what they earn,” she told AFP. French police walk past the entrance of the Lycee Arago high school blocked by French high school students in Paris as part of a day of strikes and protests by public sector workers, including firefighters, in France, on September 29, 2026. — Reuters Lecornu on Monday said any escalation of demonstrations at high schools would be “irresponsible” and lashed out at the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party for encouraging the protests. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said 164 arrests took place on Monday and 180 schools were affected, adding: “We cannot tolerate excesses.”
French teens blockade schools as unions vow day of 'anger'
French teenagers on Tuesday clashed with police as they kept up a blockade of some high schools that has angered the government, with unions planning nationwide protests over a cost-cutting budget. High school students have since last week staged protests outside their schools over issues including timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers, with some blocking entrances with rubbish bins and setting fire to them. The movement in the lycees, which handle the final years of school in France, started in the Ile-de-France region around Paris, where blockades in some 10 schools were reported by education authorities Tuesday. It has now spread to other cities nationwide. Masked students gathered outside the Lycee Cesar Baggio in Lille, in northern France, as a bin burned, with police using teargas as clashes erupted, an AFP photographer said. A placard which reads “Macron explosion” is seen in front of the entrance of the Lycee Arago high school blocked by French high school students in Paris as part of a day of strikes and protests by public sector workers, including firefighters, in France, on September 29, 2026. — Reuters Teens piled up dozens of bins to prevent entrance to the Lycee Gabriel Guist’hau in the western city of Nantes, while in Paris there was an uneasy standoff between 30 students and a contingent of police at the Arago school. Similar actions were also reported in cities including Marseille in the south and Lyon in the southeast. Nationwide demonstrations At the Lamartine school in Paris around 80 students gathered outside brandishing slogans including “more hours of lessons than sleep” and “8am to 6pm, are we pupils or under arrest?” The actions came as unions planned a day of nationwide demonstrations and also strikes over the budget of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron. Tens of thousands were expected to rally in Paris and other cities, with teachers and fire services striking nationwide although with public transport not badly affected. “The anger is immense. I warn the government — it must address the demands and revise the draft budget, which is dangerous for the country and is driving us straight into the wall of recession at 200 kilometres an hour,” the head of the hardline CGT union Sophie Binet told BFM TV. A 17-year-old pupil at the Lamartine school, who asked not to be named, said they had been angered by a lack of resources, overheated classrooms and overly congested timetables. “We are also there to support our teachers who have a crazy amount of work compared to what they earn,” she told AFP. French police walk past the entrance of the Lycee Arago high school blocked by French high school students in Paris as part of a day of strikes and protests by public sector workers, including firefighters, in France, on September 29, 2026. — Reuters Lecornu on Monday said any escalation of demonstrations at high schools would be “irresponsible” and lashed out at the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party for encouraging the protests. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said 164 arrests took place on Monday and 180 schools were affected, adding: “We cannot tolerate excesses.”
Fransa'nın borcu 31 yılın zirvesinde
Fransa'nın kamu borcunun yüksek bütçe açığının etkisiyle 2026'da GSYH'nin yüzde 119,3'üne ulaşması bekleniyor. Borç oranının 2027'de yüzde 121,7 ile yeni bir rekor kıracağı öngörülüyor. Fransa'nın kamu borcunun, artan bütçe açığının etkisiyle mevcut hesaplama yönteminin kullanılmaya başlandığı 1995'ten bu yana en yüksek seviyesine çıkması bekleniyor. Fransa Maliye Bakanlığından bir kaynak, kamu borcunun 2026'da gayrisafi yurt içi hasılanın (GSYH) yüzde 119,3'üne, 2027'de ise yüzde 121,7'sine ulaşacağını açıkladı. Bu oran, Avrupa Birliği (AB) ülkelerinin hedeflemesi gereken GSYH'nin yüzde 60'ı seviyesindeki referans sınırının yaklaşık iki katına karşılık geliyor. BÜTÇE AÇIĞI YÜZDE 5'İN ÜZERİNDE Bakanlık, borçtaki yükselişin yüksek seyreden bütçe açığının bir sonucu olduğunu belirtti. AB kurallarına göre üye ülkelerin bütçe açığının GSYH'ye oranının yüzde 3'ü aşmaması gerekiyor. Fransa'da ise geçen yıl yüzde 5,1 olan bu oranın 2026'da yüzde 5,4'e yükselmesi bekleniyor. Yüksek bütçe açığı nedeniyle iki yıldır AB'nin özel gözetimi altında bulunan Fransa, açığın 2027'de yüzde 5'e gerilemesini öngörüyor. 54 MİLYAR EURO'LUK DÜZENLEME PLANI Başbakan Sebastien Lecornu, 2027 bütçesi kapsamında toplam 54 milyar euroluk kesinti ve düzenleme planlandığını açıkladı. Hükümetin hazırladığı 2027 bütçe taslağı, makroekonomik açıdan değerlendirilmek üzere bağımsız mali denetim kurumu Kamu Maliyesi Yüksek Konseyine sunuldu. Ancak 2027'de yapılacak seçimler öncesinde emeklilere yönelik vergi indirimlerinin azaltılması gibi siyasi açıdan hassas bazı düzenlemelerin kararı parlamentoya bırakıldı. EKONOMİDE YAVAŞLAMA Fransız ekonomisi geçen yılın üçüncü çeyreğinden bu yana zayıf tüketici harcamalarının etkisiyle yavaşlıyor. Son dönemde enerji fiyatlarındaki yükselişin de ekonomi üzerindeki baskıyı artırdığı belirtiliyor.