Interior minister deploys riot police after 40 principals injured
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The high school protest movement has expanded from Lille to Marseille, and since the movement began, 40 school principals have been injured, leaving the government with few options beyond a firmer police presence. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has called in the CRS and mobile gendarmerie to manage blockades that officials now warn are placing children in danger.
The 2027 budget proposal has arrived to a reception described by unions and employers alike as provocative. To meet a deficit reduction target of €54 billion, the government plans to extract savings from the state, social security, and local authorities—an approach that may provoke social unrest.
In the Assembly, lengthy debates are expected on an integral law proposal as the far right introduces amendments reflecting masculinist theses. Elsewhere, investigative site Mediapart has published the authentication methods for its report into alleged antisemitic writings by Jordan Bardella, who continues to deny their authorship.