More Marches as France's Macron Vows No Repeat of Riots
- Yellow Vests filed plans for a major march through Paris on Saturday, presenting the government with its next major test after riots and looting last weekend shook confidence in its ability to maintain order.
- Reviving their 2018 campaign against rising living costs, the Gilets Jaunes movement planned a march through central Paris, including areas ransacked during violence that swept French cities on October 17.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu meets union leaders Wednesday to discuss ensuring "the indispensable freedom to demonstrate" while the government prepares a reinforced security operation involving troop deployment alongside police.
- French 10-year bond yields hit 5% this week, their highest level since July 2002, as investor concern over the unrest mounted; far-right leader Marine Le Pen and France Unbowed criticized the government's crisis response.
- Student groups plan protests and nationwide mobilizations are set for November 5, while Italy recently approved tougher penalties for violent demonstration participation, as broader European unrest complicates France's mounting budget pressures.
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France's yellow vest movement has filed a request to hold a large-scale protest march in Paris on Saturday. The government plans to involve the military to curb the violent demonstrations that hit the country.
French government faces fresh test as Yellow Vests mobilise
France's Yellow Vest movement filed plans for a major march through Paris on Saturday, presenting the government with its next major test after riots and looting last weekend shook confidence in its ability to maintain order.
After a new night of curfews located in several cities in France, the trade unions will meet with the Prime Minister to discuss the security of the processions for 5 November, and the answers to the demands of the high school students. However, the representatives of the latter were not invited to the meeting.
The coordination of the Yellow Gilets laid down a course this Saturday in Paris, the government that promises a "massive" police mechanism.
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