# Vocabulary Topic: [[Topics/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots|France 2026 Student Protests and Riots]] | Term | Meaning | |---|---| | Lycée / lycéen | High school (ages ~15–18) / high-school student | | Blocus | Blockade of a school entrance by students | | Casseurs | "Breakers": rioters who vandalize at the edge of protests | | Pilleurs (d'opportunité) | (Opportunist) looters | | Black bloc | Masked, black-clad ultra-left protest tactic | | Extrême gauche vs ultragauche | Far left (parties such as LFI, inside electoral politics) vs ultra-left (extra-parliamentary radical groups) | | LFI | La France insoumise, the left-populist party led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon | | Quartiers sensibles | "Sensitive neighborhoods": deprived suburbs, often with a high immigrant-origin population. The term itself carries no ethnic data. | | Garde à vue | Police custody (up to 24–48h) before charge or release | | Comparution immédiate | Fast-track trial right after custody | | Détention provisoire | Pre-trial detention | | Mis en examen | Formally placed under judicial investigation (roughly "charged") | | IGPN | Inspection générale de la police nationale, the police internal-affairs body | | Grenade de désencerclement / GM2L | Stun or sting grenades used in crowd control ⚠️ (exact type in each injury not confirmed) | | Parcoursup | National online platform for admission to higher education | | Mon Master | The equivalent platform for master's admission | | Crous / Cnous | Regional student-services agencies / their national body (housing, €1 restaurant meals) | | CAS Pensions | "Compte d'affectation spéciale Pensions": the pooled state account paying state civil-servant and military pensions | | PLF | Projet de loi de finances (annual budget bill); "jaune" = a budget annex | | PJL / PPL | Government bill / member's bill | | DEPP | The education ministry's statistics directorate | | Drees | The health and social ministries' statistics directorate | | Préfecture | The State's local administration, which runs policing in each département |