For most high school students participating in blockades and demonstrations, this is their first political action. This movement also represents a way to begin to take an interest in the presidential election, or even to orient themselves towards certain parties, for those old enough to vote. During the last presidential election, youth abstention was massive, reaching 42% among those aged 18-24. Louise, Noa, and Alicia, high school seniors enrolled at the Léonard de Vinci high school in Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine), have joined more than 56,000 demonstrators (according to the Ministry of the Interior) gathered in Paris on this Tuesday. An important step for them, who wish to show their solidarity with all public high schools less fortunate than theirs. Noa admits that she has become much more politically engaged since the start of the blockades. Her friend Louise, on the other hand, grew up in a household much more politically engaged. "I formed my own opinion by myself, through social media and current events newspapers," she states. Both will be of age for the next presidential election and will therefore be able to participate. And the prospect of the 2027 election is already on their minds. "I am largely oriented to the left," says Louise. "To see which party, even though I already have an idea." For Noa, the choice of candidate "still needs to be refined." "But I know which parties I will avoid," she admits. "The far right and the right are dead!" Their friend Alicia will not be old enough to vote, but she assures them: "I will continue to demonstrate, follow from afar, and support La France insoumise." Many high school students admit to turning their hopes toward the left, which is more present with them in the demonstrations. A general high school student from Roissy-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne) notes that "Left-wing parties have chosen to ally with youth. Other parties could have made this choice, but they did not want to." She laments the treatment of the blockades, particularly by "media owned by the far right, which try to show only the violent side of the demonstrations." On her sign, she quotes Etienne de la Boétie: "Be resolved not to serve anymore." Beside her, Elina adds: "We put a lot of blame on the left and the far left for the demonstrations, while it would be enough to listen to the youth and their demands. The right does not want to listen to the youth, the vandals give them reason and I am frustrated about that." The high school student is more than determined to vote in the next presidential election. "With my age, I realize that it is important to support the cause and not vote for the right," she concludes at the base of the Republic statue. "To research which person to vote for." Younès, a student enrolled at the Condorcet high school in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis), has measured the importance of becoming interested in politics through the student movement. "Before these events, let's not lie, we were not very informed," he admits. "State representatives don't really care about what we say, they just take us as young people who want to skip school, while the suburbs want to have the same rights as people in Paris. We can clearly see the difference between people from the 93 and those from the 6th arrondissement," he says. He does not have a history-geography teacher and has a substitute in math: "The situation is very shaky." Facing the media coverage of the blockades, which discredits according to him their struggle, Younès has decided to inform himself more "to be more credible in front of adults." With the same mindset, he plans to go to the polls in the spring. "There is no political party that represents me 100%, but that's normal," he estimates. "La France insoumise is the group that represents me the most and is currently fighting for my rights, so it is natural for me to follow them." His friend Priam, in first year at the Van Dogen high school in Lagny-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne), will be too young to vote. But politicizing himself is important to him: "When we see that there was 40% abstention in the last elections, especially due to youth who did not go to vote, it leads us to question who will be in power in 2027." "We are pushed to research which person to elect to best represent us," he continues. Because after the street, the high school student is determined to make his voice heard through the ballot and swears to vote as soon as he can for the municipal or legislative elections.