France Protests LIVE : Protesters Storm Marseille City Hall as Buildings Burn Across Cities
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Tens of thousands of citizens have taken to the streets across France to demonstrate against the cost of living. In several cities, demonstrations have escalated into riots.
In France, once again, for the fourth week, there have been massive demonstrations against the rise in the cost of living and the improvement of school conditions and the abolition of the current system of admission to higher education. The previous protest took place on 6 October, when between 250 and 450,000 people were estimated to have entered the streets in France. 500 events and about 90 demonstrations are planned throughout the country to…
France is on fire. In Marseille, protesters have broken into the City Hall and in Lyon, several buildings have burned down. – I demand answers, says Marseille Mayor Benoît Payan.
In Lille, a group of protestors against price increases broke into the city hall and staged a poignant, reported to the French radio station, who broke glass doors and entered the building through several entrances, transmitted TASS with links to RTL radio. According to the radio station, some of the members of the campaign had gone into the premises and then fled. A few minutes later, police special forces had entered the building. There were v…
Protesters briefly stormed the Lille city hall after breaking several entrances to the building, including glass doors. Some of them entered the building and damaged the premises before quickly leaving. This was reported by an Agence France Presse journalist, quoted by Le Monde. A few minutes later, CRS officers entered the city hall to check if there were any protesters left inside. In the center of Lille, clashes between several hundred demons…
On 17 October, France hosted a nationwide protest against rising costs of living and cuts in public spending.
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