: High school and university students joined the fray, blockading schools like the Lycée Voltaire, proving that the fight for the future belonged to the young as much as the old. The World Beyond the Border
The ink was barely dry on the morning edition of Le Monde as Paris woke to a city braced for a standstill on January 31, 2023. The Paper and the Pavement Le Monde du 31 Janvier 2023
While France grappled with its social contract, Le Monde 's international desks tracked a world in flux: : High school and university students joined the
: More than 1.27 million people—and as many as 2.8 million by union estimates—marched in over 250 locations across France. : From teachers in half of the country's
: From teachers in half of the country's nursery schools to workers paralyzing oil refineries and cutting power output by gigawatts, the message was uniform: "We won't give up".
By midday, the quiet corridors of the Gare Montparnasse were a stark contrast to the roaring crowds outside.