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Petrol Bomb Sets French Gendarme's Uniform Ablaze as France Files Attempted Murder Charges — Protests escalate

French prosecutors opened an attempted murder investigation after a petrol bomb set a gendarme's uniform on fire during protests over rising living costs, over 770 people were arrested nationwide.

Latin Times · Nov 2

Minister warns of risk of violence ahead of Halloween 'night of darkness' protests

With student groups and Yellow Vest activists set for a third consecutive weekend of demonstrations against poor conditions in schools and the rising cost of living, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has said 70,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed across France on Saturday.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 31

French minister warns of 'very high' violence risk as country braces for Halloween protests

France will deploy some 70,000 police officers in Paris and other cities ahead of a new round of nationwide protests on Saturday, with Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez warning of a "very high risk of public disorder". The minister pledged an "extremely firm" response after mass protests on October 17 degenerated…

France 24 · Oct 30

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France Faces Halloween Protests as Yellow Vests Call for Fresh Rallies Amid 1,314 Arrests Nationwide

Yellow Vest organisers have called for rallies across France on 31 October, as protests over living costs and public services intensify and unions plan further action.

International Business Times UK · Oct 26

France, Italy, Belgium Facing Crisis: Why the Three-Country Protest Wave Gripping Europe Is Far From Over

More than 410,000 people joined protests across France as authorities deployed 70,000 security personnel. Unions called a November 5 general strike amid clashes and disputes over austerity measures.

Latin Times · Oct 25

French far-right leader Le Pen seeks to leverage unrest in presidential campaign kick-off

Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, addressed some 10,000 supporters on Sunday in the city of Orleans as she kicked off her presidential campaign, a day after nationwide cost-of-living protests flared again into violence. Le Pen, the frontrunner, is seen to be benefiting in the polls from…

France 24 · Oct 25

How France’s protests spiralled out of control: Ultra-left groups, intelligence failures or soft policing?

Protests in France that began among students due to school conditions significantly escalated over time. Thousands of demonstrators, including workers and farmers, expressed widespread dissatisfaction with living costs and public services. Despite most protests being peaceful, some escalated into violence with considerable property damage and numerous arrests. Authorities struggled to…

The Times of India · Oct 20

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🔴 France issues curfew for parts of central Paris

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France 24 · Oct 19

France protests reason: Why are angry demonstrators looting Louis Vuitton, Hermès stores?

France Protest News: France protests turned violent as demonstrations over rising living costs, inequality, education and public services spread across the country. Louis Vuitton, Hermès and Apple stores were among the reported targets, alongside supermarkets and public buildings.

The Economic Times · Oct 19

Unrest spreads in Europe: Cost-of-living protests turn deadly; leaders condemn violence

France is witnessing explosive protests over soaring living expenses and inadequate public services, sparking clashes with police forces. This unrest has spilled over into neighboring Belgium and Italy, marking a significant uptick in regional tensions. With more than 500 police officers reported injured and severe property destruction across various cities,…

The Times of India · Oct 18

France's Cost-Of-Living Protests Turn Violent as Looters Raid Luxury Shops and Police Battle Rioters

France's cost-of-living protests drew 800,000 people as fury over prices and school conditions flared, with looters raiding luxury shops and riot police clashing with masked groups in major citie

International Business Times UK · Oct 18

Violence mars day of action over poor state of French schools and rising prices

Police and demonstrators clashed in towns and cities across France on Saturday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest against rising costs and the poor state of the country's schools.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 17

🔴 Live: Chaotic scenes as organisers of French protests claim 800,000 have taken to streets

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France 24 · Oct 17

French fishermen renew protest as France boosts aid over soaring fuel prices

French fishermen renewed protests over rising fuel costs on Thursday despite the government increasing subsidies for the sector and extending support for farmers and construction companies. Diesel prices are nearing a record high, fuelling wider concern over the cost of living and calls for protests reminiscent of the Yellow Vest…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 17

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Salon · Mar 28

What activists can learn from France now

The left should look to France’s Yellow Vest movement to see the dangers of violent escalation

Radio France Internationale · Feb 9

French riot police officers on trial over beating of Yellow Vest protesters

The trial of nine French CRS officers, who were filmed beating Yellow Vest protesters in Paris in December 2018, opens in the capital on Monday.

France 24 · Mar 28, 2023

‘Abandoned by all’: Why small-town France is up in arms over Macron’s pension reform

France’s small and mid-size towns have been at the forefront of the battle against President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious pension reform, in some places staging the biggest rallies in living memory. In the former Yellow Vest bastion of Montargis, where protesters rallied for a tenth time on Tuesday, the deeply unpopular…

Radio France Internationale · Jan 6, 2023

Ultra-right march banned as Paris braces for return of the Yellow Vests

Police in the French capital have outlawed a torchlight procession by the extreme-right organisation Paris Pride that was planned for Saturday but deemed a "major threat to public order". Several marches involving Yellow Vest protestors are also set to take place ahead of the government's presentation of plans for pension…

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Radio France Internationale · Jul 14, 2022

Police keep Bastille Day Yellow Vest protest gathering in check

Police have encircled Yellow Vest protesters who gathered Thursday at the Place de la Bastille in Paris – a symbolic spot on the country’s Bastille Day national holiday – to protest against the government and increased cost of living.

France 24 · Jun 24, 2022

For France's Yellow Vest protesters, the fight goes on

On November 17, 2018, French men and women gathered for the first time on the capital’s iconic Champs-Élysées and on hundreds of roundabouts throughout France to protest against the high cost of living. They were easily recognisable by their yellow high-visibility vests. The months-long demonstrations against the government of President…

France 24 · Apr 18, 2022

In France’s unhappy democracy, voting for ‘lesser evil’ is a bitter pill to swallow

For the third time in the past five presidential elections, millions of French citizens are preparing to cast their ballots not in favour of a candidate but to keep another one out of power. So far, the anti-Le Pen vote has resulted in crushing defeats for the far right –…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 17, 2022

'Macron forced me to become more political': a tale of two Yellow Vests

Nathalie and Agnès joined France's anti-government Yellow Vest protests from the outset in November 2018. Sixty weeks of sometimes violent demonstrations failed to topple the President, but Emmanuel Macron inadvertently made them more politically aware, and they're now using that to vote him out of office.

France 24 · Apr 7, 2022

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the veteran leftist standing in the way of a Macron-Le Pen rematch

In the space of a decade, Jean-Luc Mélenchon bounced back from a lifetime on the fringes of the Socialist Party to become the dominant force in France’s post-Socialist left. As voters head to the polls on Sunday, he is hoping to prevent a repeat of President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 duel…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 7, 2022

Podcast: Yellow Vests' revenge, rising abstention, the end of France's brothels

Yellow Vest militants hope to vote Macron out of office. How younger generations are shifting their relationship to voting. And the WWI spy who lobbied successfully to shut down France's brothels in 1946.

France 24 · Apr 1, 2022

Will France’s Yellow Vests come back to haunt Macron on election day?

The most potent protest movement in recent French history, the Yellow Vest uprising looked at one point like it might bring a premature end to Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. More than three years after it was smothered, its politicised remnants are counting on their ballots to finish the job.

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