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Students, trade unions and Yellow Vests set to protest across France
Tens of thousands are expected to join actions against high prices, with unions and student groups also pressing for higher wages and better public services.
- Tens of thousands of people mobilized across France on Saturday as students, trade unions, and Yellow Vests joined forces to protest high living costs and inequality.
- Initial high school protests in Paris' northern suburbs over teacher absences morphed into a nationwide movement, with the Yellow Vest movement—which began in 2018—joining the mobilization.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu reported more than 900 police injuries since clashes began, while an internal watchdog investigates at least two dozen cases of alleged police violence.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned Friday that "if there were to be clashes, all types of intermediate weapons can be used," while opposition leader Jordan Bardella predicted "it will be a day of chaos for France."
- Amid widespread "fatigue in the country," Lecornu said, volunteer medical groups formed in anticipation of police violence as analysts warn demonstrations could strain public finances.
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Day of mobilization in France: the tension rises in the first rallies on Saturday with dozens of arrests.
·Montreal, Canada
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Attempts to loot, attacks on police forces and arrests accompany the protest day in France.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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In Democracy Square in Paris, the incidents began before the start of the demonstration - Tear gas also in Marseille and Lyon - Macron appeals for calm - Watch video
·Marousi, Greece
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s demonstrations bring together claims about the cost of living, housing and public services, including conditions in schools. More than 10,000 police officers were mobilized
·Paço de Arcos, Portugal
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Up to 170,000 demonstrators expected nationwide in mobilization against rising living costs
·Ankara, Türkiye
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Leaning Left21Leaning Right17Center20Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Left
Bias Distribution
- 36% of the sources lean Left
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C 35%
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