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's Yellow Vests throw their weight behind mounting student protests Protesters holding a banner reading "Repression will not stop our revolt" stand on the monument at Place de la République during a demonstration of high-school students as part of a nationwide protest movement over learning conditions in Paris on October 6, 2026. © Geoffroy Van Der Hass, 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. Organisers of Saturday's demonstrations have set up a website showing more than 600 demonstrations planned across France.
Paris police chief Patrice Faure banned demonstrations around the Élysée presidential palace, the prime minister's office and the Champs-Élysée shopping avenue, among other key locations. Police also banned a major march through the heart of the capital and negotiations with organisers over an alternative route failed to reach agreement. The main Paris demonstration was to start at 2pm (1200 GMT) at Place de la République and head to northern Paris.
French President Emmanuel Macron called for calm on the eve of nationwide cost-of-living protests Saturday as students, trade unionists and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement join forces to protest the country's fraying social model. Speaking from Brussels, Macron called "for calm and respect", adding that the right to protest went hand in hand with "respect for people and property". "We're expecting a pretty big turnout," Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told France 2 television.
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