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France's PM and key ministers to meet student leaders on Monday

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France's PM and key ministers to meet student leaders on Monday
Lycee protesters including some with placards reading "Equality of chances, my ass" (L) and "cool kids hate the Public Education" join a demo in Paris on October 24, 2026. Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP
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France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's office announced that he and the country's two education ministers would meet student leaders on Monday in an attempt to head off further protests.

Sunday's announcement came after another weekend of protests over the state of the country's lycées and the cost of living, with pressure mounting on the government to deliver promised reforms to the education system.

National Education Minister Edouard Geffray and Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste will join Lecornu for talks with student leaders on Monday at Matignon, the prime minister's office in Paris.

Following that meeting, Geffray and Baptiste will hold a news conference on Monday afternoon.

Students at France's high schools have been campaigning for better conditions in their schools and a reform of the education for more than a month.

But the police response to their demonstrations, which included blockades of school, has been fiercely criticised as heavyhanded by parents, students, rights groups and opposition politicians.

Several teenage protesters have been seriously injured and thousands arrested.

Lycée students have also joined the Saturday 'yellow vest' protests, although they have not yet confirmed their participation in the October 31st actions.

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