Act IV of Student Movement Thursday: Demand to Abolish Parcoursup
The High School Union and Student Union, supported by education unions, call for new protests Thursday demanding 250,000 additional university places and the end of Parcoursup selection. The government seeks to ease the crisis.
Thomas Rivière
October 9, 2026 · 1 min read
BriefPublished (Dubai time, UTC+4) · event date: 2026-10-08
On Thursday, students and high schoolers are called to mobilize again as part of Act IV of the social movement, according to France 24.
Supported by several education unions, the High School Union and the Student Union demand the creation of 250,000 additional university places and the abolition of the selection system through Parcoursup.
They have also requested a meeting with Minister Sébastien Lecornu, while the government is increasing conciliatory gestures in an attempt to end the crisis.
The Wall Street Journal claims Elon Musk ordered a slowdown of Starshield, the military satellite network used by Ukraine, causing outages that disrupted drone and air defense operations.
In Pavlograd, a Ukrainian city near the front line, residents live under Russian bombardments. Despite fatigue and daily hardships, they show strong resolve not to yield to the war and Moscow's attacks.
Valentine Rugwabiza, head of Minusca, alerted the Security Council to the need to maintain sufficient peacekeepers in the Central African Republic despite progress, citing fragile security in some regions.
Youssef Mansour◆October 22, 2026◆1 min read
B-E
Install B-Empire on your phone for the full magazine experience.
B-EMPIRE
Stay informed in real time
Get the biggest B-Empire stories the moment they publish. Free.
You are offline. Here are the latest available articles.