Hundreds of thousands march across France in protests over schools and policing
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the violence was less intense than last week as police detained nearly 1,000 people nationwide.
- On Saturday, nationwide protests against rising living costs drew between 410,000 and 800,000 people across France as authorities deployed 70,000 security forces to manage the demonstrations.
- Economic grievances, including surging living costs and underfunded public services, fueled the movement as protesters challenged the administration's fiscal and social policies.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez reported nearly 1,000 arrests as officers faced an "extremely elevated level of violence," with two people seriously injured in Toulouse and Clermont-Ferrand.
- Nunez called the outcome more "positive" than last week due to proactive police checks, yet far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon warned the unrest "is going to repeat itself every week."
- The Yellow Vests movement called for further demonstrations on October 31, while far-right activists increasingly sought confrontations with ultra-left militants in southern cities.
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Between 410,000 and 800,000 people demonstrated in France on Saturday, 24 October, according to figures from the government and the CGT. Although the processions took place in general calm, overflows were reported in several cities, notably in Paris, where 142 people were arrested. In the aftermath of this second Saturday's mobilization, a stocktaking is taking place.
The demonstrations in France do not break down. On Saturday, hundreds of thousands went to the streets again. The police arrested more than 1000 people. However, there was less violence than the weekend before.
The balance sheet of the arrests on the sidelines of the demonstration of 24 October, which took place in a calm overall, is six times lower than that of 17 October.
The second weekend of protest in France has been much more peaceful, but clashes between demonstrators and police have taken place in the big cities, and numerous arrests.
According to the Paris police prefecture "500 breakers" were present at the end of the procession, which gathered between 110,000 and 250,000 people according to the sources.
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