# Are student protests being manipulated ahead of France’s presidential election?

https://mins.news/en/item/102302

- BBC News, 2026-10-15 23:25 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8zxlyg965r3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> France’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has accused the radical left of exploiting the high-school movement for electoral gain. Thousands of students have blockaded schools and taken to the streets for more than three weeks; unions and yellow-vest movement figures are also preparing to join demonstrations across France on Saturday.

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