http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/5c836dc2b1c28f56 https://verfassungsblog.de/france-student-protests-policing/ Repression and Resistance - High School Protests and Public Order Policing in France de Maillard, Jacques eng 2026-10-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 France Policing protests students Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In less than a month, high school protests over a lack of resources in the Paris suburbs have escalated into a striking wave of police violence and mass arrests. How did a student demonstration over school conditions transform into a major public order crisis? The violence is primarily the result of a political choice by the Ministry of the Interior – prioritising arrests over negotiation – enabled by expanded pre-emptive offences and a hostile image of youth.