France Discovers That Closing Schools Does Not, In Fact, Close the Chapter on Unrest
- Who
- French education ministry and interior ministry
- What
- Ordered widespread school closures as rioting and student walkouts entered a second week across multiple cities
- When
- October 7, 2026
- Where
- France (Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and other urban centers)
French authorities closed hundreds of schools on Monday as student walkouts and street riots continued for a seventh consecutive day. The unrest began over proposed education reforms but has broadened into wider protests against policing policies and living costs. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said the closures were a precautionary measure to protect students and staff. Previous nights saw vehicles burned, shops looted, and clashes with police in at least a dozen cities.
There is a particular French tradition of solving a crisis by removing the buildings where people gather to complain about it. The ministry’s logic — that empty classrooms produce calm streets — has now been field-tested roughly once per decade since 1968, with the same result: the students simply relocate the curriculum to the boulevards, where the lesson plan includes molotov cocktails and the grading curve is set by the CRS. Our analysts note that the only thing more predictable than the riots is the press release announcing that order will return 'very soon' — a phrase that in French administrative dialect translates loosely to 'after the next election.'
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