1,500 actions planned in France over cost of living and public services
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Dakaractu
Gatherings and blockades are planned across France on 17 October to protest against the rising cost of living, a lack of resources in education and the deterioration of public services. Organisers have announced around 1,500 actions, while the scale of the mobilisation remains uncertain, Dakaractu reports.
Around 1,500 actions, blockades and gatherings are planned across France on Saturday 17 October against the rising cost of living and the deterioration of public services, according to Dakaractu.
The mobilisation is expected to bring together former “yellow vest” protesters, secondary school pupils, students, climate activists and farmers. Participants are denouncing, in particular, a lack of resources in education and the deterioration of public services, Dakaractu reports.
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