Mélenchon Declares French Revolution 2.0 After Students Complain About Homework Load
- Who
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France Insoumise
- What
- Declared the Bastille 'retaken' following a mass student rally over school conditions
- When
- October 8, 2026
- Where
- Paris, France
Jean-Luc Mélenchon proclaimed the 'Bastille retaken' after a major student-led demonstration in Paris on Wednesday. The rally drew thousands of secondary school students protesting long school days, overcrowded classrooms, and chronic teacher absences. Organizers described the mobilization as a response to deteriorating learning conditions across the French education system. Mélenchon appeared at the event and framed the protest in revolutionary historical terms.
A politician comparing teenagers demanding shorter school days to the sans-culottes storming a fortress-prison is the kind of historical inflation that makes you wonder if the guillotine was just a very aggressive attendance policy. Our analysts note that the original Bastille held seven prisoners; this one holds thirty kids per classroom and a substitute teacher who definitely didn't read the lesson plan. The revolution will not be televised, but it may be rescheduled for after the baccalauréat.
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