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High school and university students across France are blockading schools in protest against government education reforms, including Parcoursup and changes to the baccalauréat. Over 160 lycées in Île-de-France were closed Monday, more than a third of the region's establishments, according to Valérie Pécresse. A high school in Tours was set on fire and one person arrested. Education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer defended his reforms before senators, while a BFM poll found over half of French people view the government's proposals as insufficient, though 54% want the mobilisation to end.
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Police in Catalonia have detained six people linked to the Blocus movement, described by El País as administrators or online agitators with no apparent connection to one another. The arrests come amid debate in Spain over the word 'saqueo' — looting — as authorities and media discuss whether recent unrest involved organized instigation or spontaneous disorder.
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Le Figaro is drawing attention with two stories: a ranking naming an Occitanie city as the most 'threatened' in French real estate, and a report from near Orléans where high school students during the lycée blocus reportedly sang in praise of Mohamed Merah and Salah Abdeslam, prompting prosecutors to open an investigation for glorification of terrorism.