Live: French high school, university students call for fresh protests as funding demands grow

Home France Live Issued on: 08/10/2026 - 05:28Modified: 08/10/2026 - 05:30 French high school students hold a French flag and placards as they gather outside the Lycee Lamartine high school in Paris, October 7, 2026 © Reuters French high school and university students were called out to protest again on Thursday, two days after a large turnout demanding more funding, as the government made a series of conciliatory gestures aimed at ending the crisis. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments. Yesterday's key developments: An investigation has been opened after a 17-year-old boy suffered a head injury on Wednesday outside a secondary school in Marseille, the local public prosecutor’s office told AFP. Student leaders haves urged fresh demonstrations on Thursday, with several teacher unions also calling for new nationwide strikes. French PM Sébastien Lecornu has defended police's response to nationwide student protests in a televised address, denying that law enforcement had been instructed to crack down on teenage protesters. (FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters) Keywords for this article