Crisis and protests in French secondary schools

Day by day

1. Monday, 5 October 2026

   4 countries

   French papers focus on violence, blockades and families' dilemmas, the Austrian press highlights outrage over the clashes and the Greek press frames the protests as part of a southern European crisis.

   • France
   • Austria
   • Greece
   • Switzerland

   Lead story in 7

   • 
     La CroixFrance

     High school movement: parents' dilemmas

   • 
     Le FigaroFrance

     Lycées: pupils and families exasperated by the violence

   • 
     Le ParisienFrance

     Lycées: how to end the crisis?

   • 
     La Voix du NordFrance

     Secondary school closures - Another week of high tension

   • 
     Le Courrier picardFrance

     High school anger - towards a tense new week

   • 
     Le Républicain LorrainFrance

     Secondary schools: fear of stalemate

   • 
     Vosges MatinFrance

     High school anger: heading towards a decisive week

   Highlight in 14

   • 
     L'AlsaceFrance

     Secondary school mobilisation: the week ahead for the student movement is announced soon.

   • 
     L'Éclair des PyrénéesFrance

     School demonstrations: the prefect takes preventive measures against violence

   • 
     L'Est RépublicainFrance

     Schools blocked: one week under tension

   • 
     La Dépêche du MidiFrance

     Education: the week of all dangers in secondary schools

   • 
     La ProvenceFrance

     School protests: closed sites and questioning

   • 
     La République des PyrénéesFrance

     Licence blockade: 40 arrests after protesters

   • 
     Le Dauphiné LibéréFrance

     Secondary schools: awaiting clarity on mobilisation

   • 
     Le Populaire du CentreFrance

     High school demonstration in Limoges: 12 students detained during protest over violence

   • 
     Le TélégrammeFrance

     High school movement calls for maximum vigilance in Brittany on Monday during mobilisation

   • 
     Midi LibreFrance

     Classes suspended in 400 to 500 schools

   • 
     Ouest-FranceFrance

     School blockades: public services at the centre of protests

   • 
     laRegioneSwitzerland

     France's 'insoumise' response to youth protest

   • 
     Der StandardAustria

     Violence at student protests: outrage in France after clashes and police excesses

   • 
     Τα ΝέαGreece

     Southern Europe in crisis: in France, why the streets are filling with school and university students

   Who left it off the front page 24 papers

   Leading papers with a verified front page that day which did not carry the theme in the headline or highlights.

   Portugal

   • Correio da ManhãTax giveaway gives millionaire benefit to inheritances
   • Jornal de NotíciasTwo dozen national roads have been closed to traffic for eight months
   • PúblicoGovernment left millions of euros in a drawer meant for victims of fires

   Spain

   • El CorreoThe city council admits the inefficiency of Bilbao's sewer system in the face of intense rain
   • El MundoSánchez moves closer to calling an early election with the left at a low
   • El PaísEverything ready in the PSOE and La Moncloa for early elections
   • El PeriódicoThe Government gears up for early elections
   • elEconomistaThe Government encourages the strike despite its doubtful legality
   • ExpansiónIberdrola seeks an alliance to sell insurance
   • La Vanguardia65% of Catalans fail the Government's handling of Ceuta
   • La Voz de GaliciaThe Government and the PSOE are preparing a possible early election

   France

   • L'HumanitéThe rejects of the Republic
   • LibérationMidterms: Trump caught in a vice

   United Kingdom

   • Daily MailKemi's common sense blueprint
   • Daily MirrorSame old Tories: Bad to the future
   • i (inews)Man City owners' link to Burnham's No 10 North site after 'sweetheart deal' with UAE firm
   • The Daily TelegraphAndrew takes police to court over arrest
   • The Guardian'Horrifying' scale of child-on-child sexual abuse in schools revealed
   • The Herald (Scotland)Barriers to work leave young Scottish mothers struggling
   • The IndependentInside story of deadly SAS conflict with IRA

   Germany

   • BildGovernment breaks benefit promise
   • Der TagesspiegelDoubts about Merz: Evers speaks of a crisis of confidence
   • Die WeltMerz visits Kyiv, and the Kremlin sends a drone
   • Frankfurter Rundschau"Mr Putin, stop this senseless war!"