We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Live: France braces for more nationwide protests as Yellow Vests urge 'mass disobedience' People march along Boulevard Voltaire in Paris during a demonstration as part of a nationwide day of actions as unions hold strikes alongside student-led demonstrations, on November 5, 2026. © Ludovic Marin, French unions and student groups are set to take to the streets for another day of protests on Saturday, while the Yellow Vests movement plans a separate rally in central Paris despite a ban by authorities. The demonstrations follow weeks of youth-led unrest and nationwide strikes that drew hundreds of thousands of workers protesting over the rising cost of living. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said 70,000 police officers and security forces would be deployed across the country. "If there are any rioters or looters ... we'll be ready and waiting for them," he said. The demonstrations have been largely peaceful, but there have at times been clashes with police or vandalism on their sidelines, including on October 17, when France saw its worst unrest in years.
On Thursday, hundreds of thousands of striking workers took to the streets across France in mostly orderly protests, although clashes between demonstrators and police broke out in several cities. 🎥 Europe's crisis of discontent: Student and cost-of-living protests spread across EU What began in France as student protests over deteriorating school conditions, teacher shortages and an education system under pressure has quickly grown into something much bigger: a groundswell of discontent over the rising cost of living, unaffordable housing and struggling public services. France braces for protests as Yellow Vests urge 'mass disobedience' French unions and student groups are set to take to the streets for another day of protests on Saturday, while the Yellow Vests movement plans a separate rally in central Paris despite a ban by authorities. Student groups and trade unions have called for an authorised march in central Paris "against the high cost of living and in support of young people".
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