# Timeline Topic: [[Topics/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots|France 2026 Student Protests and Riots]] | Date | Event | Source | |---|---|---| | Jun 27–Jul 2023 | Nahel Merzouk riots after a police shooting in Nanterre. Arrests equal about 8.5% of rioters. | Senate report r23-521; Justice ministry 2024 report | | Jun 12, 2025 | Decree dissolving the ultra-left group La Jeune Garde; later upheld by the Conseil d'État. | Conseil d'État | | May 1, 2026 | €1 Crous meal extended to all students. | L'Étudiant, Sep 25, 2026 | | Early Sep 2026 | ACLED's protest cycle begins: on Oct 19 it said "We're now 45 days into this one" ⚠️ (ACLED's cycle may include earlier protests). | ACLED | | Sep 16, 2026 | Bill PJL n° 952 on repairing damage from violence and degradation in public space filed in the Senate (Nuñez, Darmanin, Rist). | Senate | | Late Sep 2026 | Lycée blockades begin, starting at Lycée Saint-Exupéry, Créteil (Val-de-Marne). On Oct 14, Lecornu dated the start to about three weeks earlier ⚠️. | Pueyo essay; TF1 | | Sep 25, 2026 | Crous meal demand surge; Cnous to set maximum capacities; +48% meals. | Cnous; L'Étudiant | | Oct 1, 2026 | USL and Union étudiante call to block lycées and universities, with a big youth march set for Oct 6 ⚠️ (from the union page title). | Union étudiante | | Oct 5, 2026 | Justice ministry: 5,060 gardes à vue, 87% minors; 1,802 prosecuted; 14 pre-trial detentions. | Justice ministry | | Oct 6, 2026 | Unions publish "10 emergency measures". LFI deputy Clémence Guetté photographed with Créteil students ⚠️. | L'Étudiant; Pueyo essay | | Oct 7, 2026 | Nuñez: 6,629 arrests; 761 police, 215 students, 89 staff injured; 18 IGPN investigations; stun grenades suspended. Elabe poll: 55% approve. | TF1, BFM, franceinfo; Boursorama/AFP | | Oct 13, 2026 | PLF 2027 pensions annex: 32% of Éducation nationale credits go to the CAS Pensions. | franceinfo, BFM, Le Parisien, Le Monde (Oct 14) ⚠️ | | Oct 14, 2026 | Lecornu in the Senate: 937 police/gendarmes, 149 staff, 248 students injured; says LFI "instrumentalisé" the movement in Val-de-Marne. 36 IGPN investigations, 4 for mutilating injuries. The Alliance police union sues the State. | TF1 live | | Oct 17–18, 2026 | Riot weekend; Oct 17 also billed "contre la vie chère" (against the high cost of living) in Marseille. About 1,000 police/gendarmes injured, 7 seriously. Paris: 557 gardes à vue on Saturday, 77% adults. Marseille: 101 arrested (74 adults); the prefecture claimed 8,000 rioters and 30,000 looters. | Europe 1; Le Parisien; ICI ⚠️ | | Oct 19, 2026 | Darmanin: 2,331 gardes à vue over the weekend, 70% adults, >80% prosecuted; the State "failli incontestablement". Le Parisien prints the police "20/80" ultra-left/looters split for Paris. ACLED comment by Clionadh Raleigh. Pueyo's teacher-pay "Quiz" thread. | Le Parisien ⚠️; ACLED; X | | Oct 20, 2026 | Pueyo's education-spending thread. | X | | Oct 21, 2026 | New curfews announced for Wednesday evening; Lecornu to receive the mayors of Paris, Marseille and Lyon on Thursday ⚠️ (from Le Monde live headline; page blocked). | Le Monde | | Oct 23, 2026 | Pueyo publishes "Why Is France in Chaos?" on Uncharted Territories. | Substack | | Oct 24, 2026 | Pueyo's 12-point X summary (5:06 AM CT). | [[Users/@tomaspueyo/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - tomaspueyo on Why France Is in Chaos (2026-10-24)\|analysis]] |