The Journal. · Friday, October 23, 2026
Protests have broken out across France, with half a million people demonstrating in cities including Paris, Marseille, Lyon, and Limoges. What started as high school student protests over school resources and teacher shortages has escalated into widespread anger over proposed national budget cuts.
“About half a million people took to the streets More than 100,000 in Paris alone.”
“They began as high school students protesting the conditions inside of schools, class sizes, a lack of available teachers.”
“Anger over massive potential cuts to social services... Next year's proposed national budget slashes 43 billion euros from the country's spending.”