France protests enter third week as police fire tear gas
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters as demonstrations entered a third week ahead in cities and towns across France ahead of an expected general strike. The mainly youth-led protests are against the cost-of-living and deteriorating public services.
Demonstrations also taking place in Germany, where officers fire teargas to disperse crowds as evening falls Clashes have erupted in Paris, Marseille and other cities after tens of thousands of demonstrators, some in Halloween fancy dress, marched across France in a third wave of protests over the cost of living and deteriorating public services. About 320,000 people – down from an estimated 410,000 last weekend – took part in rallies around the country, the interior ministry said, including 70,000 in Paris who marched along boulevards on the south-eastern outskirts, avoiding the city centre.
“I think it’s really important to show solidarity with all the other protests currently happening across Europe, including in France,” Milla, a 20-year-old student who only gave her first name, told AFP in Berlin. Berlin has been in contact with officials in France and Italy amid fears that radicals from overseas could seek to join the Germ
Over 320,000 people protested around France in a third weekend of demonstrations against the rising cost of living and poor public services.
A police officer in Paris was injured after being struck by a Molotov cocktail as clashes erupted in the capital and other cities during protests across France against soaring living costs and inequality. “The images of a police officer engulfed in flames after being targeted with incendiary devices are unbearable,” Le Pen said on X. A French riot gendarme mobile has flames rising up his uniform after being hit by a Molotov cocktail during a charge against demonstrators at the end of a demonstration part of a nationwide day of protests over the rising cost of living and inequality organised…
Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters in Paris and elsewhere on Saturday as hundreds of thousands marched across France against soaring living costs and police violence, with some demonstrators dressed as clowns and witches for Halloween. A protester wearing a Marie-Antoinette costume (L) holds a placard reading “Give them brioche” flanked by a protester dressed as a wizard holding a placard reading “A potion for the revolution” during a demonstration in Lyon, central-eastern France on October 31, 2026, part of nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and…
Protests continue across France as 320,000 people take to the streets over rising living costs and poor school conditions for a third consecutive weekend, with clashes reported in several cities.