France braces for fresh protests as Macron seeks to prevent repeat of October unrest
Authorities deployed 70,000 police officers across the nation to counter widespread demonstrations over proposed budget cuts and stagnant wages, officials reported.
- On Thursday, five French union confederations launched nationwide strikes and demonstrations against Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's 2027 budget, with Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez deploying 70,000 security forces amid disputes over Paris protest routes.
- Lecornu's 2027 budget includes pay freezes and spending cuts; workers demand higher wages and improved public services to combat rising costs for fuel, food, rent, and energy bills.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced the deployment, promising "an extremely firm response" to potential violence, while student Irma de Banville, 19, joined protests citing fears of police tactics and under-resourced schools.
- The Paris administrative court rejected unions' emergency appeal Wednesday, upholding police restrictions that redirected the march from Place de la Bastille to Place de la République along Boulevard Voltaire instead.
- Yellow Vest activists scheduled further blockades for Friday and Saturday as unrest extends ahead of next year's presidential election; prediction markets place 6.5% probability on a state of emergency by December 31.
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The cabinet of the French Prime Minister has announced that Sébastien Lecornu will receive unions and business organisations next Monday in Matignon
Over 600,000 rally across France to demand higher wages, school funding
France’s Interior Ministry said more than 600,000 people rallied Thursday across France, including in Paris, to demand higher wages and support the student protest movement, piling fresh pressure on the beleaguered government.
On Thursday, the intersyndicale joined the student movement with at least 600,000 demonstrators on the streets throughout France. But despite the large number of demonstrators and the calls of the unions, the strikers' rates remain lowPlace de la République in Paris, the food trucks' grilled smells and the numerous balloons of unions leave no room for doubt. This Thursday marks the proper entry into the social movement launched by the high schoo…
Trade unions, students and yellow vests demonstrated together against the government on Thursday. Once again, riots broke out in several cities. However, the nationwide standstill hoped for by the radical left remained.
France witnessed another round of nationwide demonstrations and strikes on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of people taking part. There were also riots throughout the day, and authorities deployed nearly 70,000 police officers to maintain public order.
French unions join forces for nationwide strikes, increasing pressure on Macron's government
Hundreds of thousands of trade union members joined nationwide strikes and demonstrations on Thursday to demand higher wages and support the high school protest movement, piling fresh pressure on the beleaguered government.
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