Saint-Denis (France) (AFP) – A few hundred people gathered on Sunday in front of the town hall of Saint-Denis, with the support of LFI mayor Bally Bagayoko, against the "police and administrative repression" at the Paul-Éluard high school, one of the epicenters of the high school mobilization, noted an AFP journalist.

Published on: 08/11/2026 - 19:58

On November 2, almost half of the staff of this high school voted for a renewable strike demanding firstly the departure of the principal, criticized for "having called in the police" in the establishment to arrest a student, on October 15.

This intervention is at the heart of an administrative investigation, which gave rise to the summons of several teachers from the Paul-Éluard high school.

On Wednesday, several dozen teachers and students from the establishment gathered in front of the academic inspectorate to denounce “political repression”.

“We ask the rectorate not to repress a single one of our colleagues and to stop this administrative investigation!”, launched Nathan Forderer, teacher at the Paul-Éluard high school, in front of the crowd on Sunday, alongside Assa Traoré, founder of the Adama Committee known for its fight against racism and police violence.

“We do not work with a principal who involves the police in establishments,” he added, calling for “continued mobilization”, while a new call for a strike was launched in France for Tuesday by an inter-union of high school, student and teacher organizations.

Coming to bring the “unwavering support” of his majority to the mobilized staff, the Insoumis mayor Bally Bagayoko “alerted” the high school principal who, according to him, must “learn all the lessons” after having “committed an almost irresponsible act”.

“I hope that the threats weighing on these teachers and the intimidation against certain families” of students will stop, he added, asking President Emmanuel Macron to “stop his strategy of rotting” the movement.

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