French government says 320,000 people protested nationwide on Saturday, fewer than in previous weeks
Authorities said 320,000 people protested nationwide as unions and student groups joined the rallies over education and rising costs.
- Hundreds of thousands of mostly young protesters marched across France on Saturday against rising living costs and education conditions, with youth-led demonstrations also spreading to Germany and Italy.
- The movement began last month with high school students protesting neglected school buildings and unfair university admissions, then broadened to include labor unions and activists angry over inflation and inequality.
- Government estimates indicate 320,000 people rallied nationwide, including 70,000 in Paris, where authorities deployed 70,000 security personnel and rerouted marches to the city's outskirts to prevent unrest.
- Although marches remained largely peaceful for hours, clashes erupted near the end of the procession as protesters threw projectiles, prompting police to respond with tear gas, stun grenades, and baton charges.
- The demonstrations occur amid a febrile political climate, with presidential elections six months away and far-right leader Marine Le Pen currently leading opinion polls, creating pressure on President Emmanuel Macron's government.
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For this "Act III" of the movement against expensive life, between 320,000 and 500,000 people marched all over France. Sometimes disguised for Halloween, always determined to start the movement next week with the national strike of 5 November.
New mobilizations took place this Saturday in France in a tense context and a downward mobilization. The demonstrations generally took place in calm, but tensions broke out at the end of the procession during the first dispersals by the law enforcement forces. Nearly half a million people marched in France this Saturday, 31 October, according to the organizers, 320,000 according to the Ministry of the Interior. - Mobilization in decline, clashes…
According to the agency France-Presse, the demonstrations took place mostly peacefully, but there were clashes in several cities in France, such as Toulouse (southwest), Marseille (southeast) and Paris, at the end of the route, when the police began to disperse the crowd, using tear gas
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A third weekend of protests in France as youth-led rallies sweep Europe
Thousands of young protesters have taken to the streets across France for a third weekend. The French government estimated that 320,000 people turned out for the demonstrations on Saturday. They
In recent weeks there have been youth-led protests across Europe, and there have also been marches this Saturday in Germany.
Several "Act III" processions against expensive living started Saturday afternoon in France, under an exceptional security device
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