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- France mobilises thousands of police at protests over living costs
- France mobilises thousands of police at protests over living costs
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Demonstrations took place in many European cities on Saturday, from Milan to Madrid, while in Paris clashes erupted near the march's endpoint at Porte de Vincennes, where police fired tear gas and used water cannons. The Interior Ministry put nationwide turnout at 410,000, including 110,000 in Paris, and police used tear gas in Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand and Strasbourg and water cannons in Nice and Nantes. Crowd estimates in Marseille differed sharply: police counted 17,000 while the CGT union said 100,000. Education Ministry figures showed 15.4 million teaching hours lost in the 2024-25 school year because absent teachers were not replaced, equal to 7.5% of scheduled time. The unrest is testing President Macron's authority before voters choose his successor in May, and the far-right National Rally has urged people to channel their anger into votes for it.
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France deployed up to 70,000 police nationwide ahead of new protests over school funding and living costs, aiming to prevent a repeat of the previous weekend's looting and vehicle fires. In Paris the main march was confined to the city's southeastern edge, and police used tear gas in Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand against demonstrators trying to reach the centre. The movement began as a protest over staff shortages at one secondary school and has spread nationwide, with pupils seeking better schools and workers seeking higher wages and pensions. After talks with sixth-form representatives, President Macron pledged to reform university admissions, but they urged protests to continue until action is confirmed. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez admitted police lost control in some cities and offered to resign, which Macron refused; student groups are demanding 250,000 extra university places, an end to Parcoursup selection and 200 euros more per month in student grants.
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More than 100,000 people marched in Paris on Saturday over school funding and rising living costs, with Paris police estimating turnout at 110,000. As the march neared its end, police used tear gas in Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, Strasbourg and Marseille, and water cannons in Nice and Nantes. The Paris prosecutor's office said 64 people were arrested and 40 were placed in police custody, including six minors. The unrest is testing President Emmanuel Macron's authority in the final months of his presidency before the May election, as the far-right National Rally accuses the government of failing to protect the public. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez acknowledged that police lost control in some cities and offered to resign, but Macron refused.
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