Between 266,000 and 450,000 high school students flooded the streets across France on Tuesday in what organisers called "act 3" of an active student campaign. Classes were disrupted across the country as clashes broke out, with police making 488 arrests.

President Emmanuel Macron convened an urgent session with ministers at the Elysee Palace in response to the street protests. Demonstrators from Saint-Denis to Paris said they were demanding real change, with many voicing deep discontent at current conditions.