# France erupts over schools: Why is this surprise movement surrounded by violence?

https://mins.news/en/item/88953

- France 24, 2026-10-06 19:12 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20261006-france-erupts-overs-schools-why-the-violence-surrounding-surprise-movement

> The protest movement caught a cash-strapped, lame-duck French government off guard. Civil servants joined high school students on Tuesday, as pupils entered their third week of pickets over deteriorating classroom conditions. France’s familiar way of wearing down movements has been to meet eventual violence with a heavy hand, turning the silent majority against protesters, as happened with the pre-Covid Yellow Vest movement.

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