# France promises emergency education plan as student protests spread to universities

https://mins.news/en/video/92309

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-08 23:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF3gnoSakEk

> France says it is putting an emergency plan in place to improve conditions in education, following weeks of high school protests that have spread nationwide and reached universities. Police charged protesters who had erected barricades from bins and fences, breaking them up amid fires and smoke. The prime minister pledged a plan addressing some student concerns to end the unrest.

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