# ‘Fighting for our future’: French high school students vow to keep protesting

https://mins.news/en/item/92094

- France 24, 2026-10-08 20:17 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/fighting-for-our-future-france-high-school-students-vow-no-let-up

> More than 70,000 people demonstrated across France on Thursday, demanding better education and less police brutality. Students continued protests despite government efforts to ease a crisis lasting more than a week, blocking hundreds of high school entrances. Riot police were deployed, with occasional violent clashes; the interior ministry said more than 500 people were detained.

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