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France Stages Nationwide Strike as Protests Confront Massive Security Deployment
Over 1 million people protested austerity plans including pension reforms, with 80,000 police deployed and 181 arrests reported, marking the largest union-led strike since 2023.
- On September 18, 2025, hundreds of thousands protested austerity measures across France, sparked by unions opposing proposed budget cuts under President Emmanuel Macron's administration.
- Protests erupted across France against budget cuts proposed by President Emmanuel Macron's government, drawing hundreds of thousands of participants, including in major cities and small towns, according to unions.
- Union leaders report that over one million demonstrators rallied nationwide, while the interior ministry claimed only 260,000 participated in the protests.
- Teachers, transport workers, and hospital staff joined strikes, leading to significant disruptions, including school closures and halted public transport, as stated by various transportation companies.
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Paris. Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated yesterday throughout France as trade unions staged a day of strike to pressure and demand the new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, to abandon the “austerity” policy in the budget for 2026, increase taxes on ultra-rurals and improve wages, pensions and public services.
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Hundreds of thousands of people protested and striked the government's austerity plans nationwide on Thursday in France.
France hit by massive strike as up to a million out to fight budget cuts
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in anti-austerity protests across France yesterday, urging president Emmanuel Macron and his new prime minister Sebastien Lecornu to acknowledge their anger and scrap looming budget cuts.
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Leaning Left64Leaning Right47Center71Last UpdatedBias Distribution39% Center
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