An online movement against rising fuel prices has gained momentum ahead of planned nationwide demonstrations on October 17 with former Yellow Vest figures set to join the protests in support of high-school students.
France faces a day of nationwide protests Saturday, including demonstrations inspired by the Yellow Vests, a sometimes radical grassroots movement that emerged in 2018 to fight rising living costs.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to demonstrate across France on Saturday as students, trade union members and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement join forces to protest rising cost of living and the country's fraying social model. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
Unrest broke out in parts of France as students, trade unionists and Yellow Vest activists took to the streets to protest high prices and inequality. Police arrested hundreds amid chaotic scenes in cities across France.
Students, trade unionists and Yellow Vest activists are taking to French streets to protest high prices and inequality. Authorities say they fear the rallies could turn violent.
Students, trade unionists and Yellow Vest activists are taking to French streets to protest high prices and inequality. Police and protesters have already clashed in Paris and Marseille.
Protesters in Paris have set cars on fire and looted shops as police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse them. Demonstrations erupted nationwide on Saturday against rising living costs and in support of high school students’ grievances.
Violent clashes, fires, and looting have marred demonstrations across France as hundreds of thousands protest rising living costs and poor school conditions. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez says about 400 people have been arrested nationwide.
Protesters across France have called for demonstrations against rising living costs, joining high school students demanding better education conditions
Protesters across France called for street demonstrations Saturday against rising living costs, joining high school students' grievances over education conditions after more than three weeks of school blockades.
Police and protesters clashed violently in Paris and other French cities Saturday on the sidelines of nationwide marches against soaring inflation, with one demonstrator's hand blown off, multiple blazes set and looters breaking into dozens of stores to strip them bare.
Protesters clashed with police in Paris and other French cities on Saturday as hundreds of thousands took to the streets to protest higher living costs and the declining conditions in schools and other public services.
Police used tear gas to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks and other objects at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.
Cars were set on fire and shops were looted in Paris as police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent protesters. They joined nationwide demonstrations against rising living costs and in support of high school students’ grievances.
