‘We just want to be listened to’: student protests shut schools across France
French high school students gather outside the Lycee Voltaire high school as part of nationwide protests. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/ReutersView image in fullscreenFrench high school students gather outside the Lycee Voltaire high school as part of nationwide protests. She was on her second day of blocking the school entrance along with hundreds of others, ensuring all lessons were cancelled.
- ▪French high school students gather outside the Lycee Voltaire high school as part of nationwide protests.
- ▪Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/ReutersView image in fullscreenFrench high school students gather outside the Lycee Voltaire high school as part of nationwide protests.
- ▪She was on her second day of blocking the school entrance along with hundreds of others, ensuring all lessons were cancelled.
3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 25 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
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- ▪ Watch: Why are students protesting at schools in France? — BBC News — World
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French high school students gather outside the Lycee Voltaire high school as part of nationwide protests. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/ReutersView image in fullscreenFrench high school students gather outside the Lycee Voltaire high school as part of nationwide protests. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/ReutersFrance‘We just want to be listened to’: student protests shut schools across FranceLack of investment, overcrowded classrooms, crumbling buildings and poor teacher pay among reasons for protests by school students Europe live – latest updates Angelique Chrisafis in ParisFri 2 Oct 2026 08.57 EDTLast modified on Fri 2 Oct 2026 08.58 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAs dozens of school pupils sat on top of a pile of wheelie bins blocking a high school entrance in north-eastern Paris,…
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