Paris police have ordered a ban on undeclared gatherings and processions within 100 metres of 10 secondary schools and five university sites from Monday 16 November through Friday 20 November. The measure applies only around the named sites and to undeclared events; it is not a citywide prohibition on demonstrations.
Published on Sunday, the order names the Charlemagne, Lavoisier, Fénelon, Montaigne, Chaptal, Racine, Dorian, Pierre-Gilles-de-Gennes, Carnot and Balzac schools. It also covers Sorbonne Université’s faculty of science and engineering, Paris Cité’s science campus, Panthéon-Sorbonne’s René-Cassin and Lourcine centres, and a Panthéon-Assas annex on rue de Vaugirard.
The Paris police prefecture said it adopted the restriction after blockades and disturbances near schools and higher-education institutions in Paris and its inner suburbs. Prefect Patrice Faure cited damage to public property, fires, violence against members of the education community and clashes with police as grounds for the order.
The new measure turns the response to the wider mobilisation into a defined, temporary perimeter around 15 education locations. Its scope matters: the reported order concerns undeclared gatherings and processions near those sites during the working week, rather than every school in Paris or every protest in the capital.
The report does not describe enforcement arrangements, penalties or the treatment of declared gatherings. It also carries no response from the affected schools, students, staff or their organisations.
Sources
- Le Figaro Actualités · Source date: 2026-11-15
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