While several high school students were injured during their mobilization which began at the end of September, observers are tempted to justify the French system of maintaining order by the number of demonstrations in France. Another high school student lost a hand, another was seriously injured in the jaw.
Contrary to what is often said, France is not the country in Europe where there are the most demonstrations. This is systematically less than among France's closest neighbors, Italy, Spain and Germany, which are competing for the first three places.
Acled distinguishes demonstrations without violence from what it calls “riots”, when mobilized people commit physical or material violence, even if they did not start this violence. On the other hand, every year, it is in France that there are the most riots.