France

Édouard Geffray, the education minister, is meeting with teacher unions today in an attempt to end days of student protests. The government has offered a package of reforms to the Parcoursup university assignment system, the baccalaureate, and school infrastructure, effectively promising to undo the work of previous presidencies to regain order. The concessions have so far failed to clear the streets.

Thousands of people gathered across the country to mourn the victims of a racist terrorist attack in the Yvelines. The crowds have turned their anger toward the media, specifically the channel CNews, for what they describe as the normalization of the rhetoric that fueled the perpetrator.

The Rassemblement National’s campaign launch was marred by reports of party security using violence against Jewish students who were protesting antisemitic writings by Jordan Bardella. Household confidence has fallen to its lowest level since 2013 as pessimism over personal finances grows. In Marseille, President Emmanuel Macron offered a formal state apology for the events of October 17th, a gesture delivered against a backdrop of domestic tension that is now hitting both the economy and the classroom.