By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
The prefecture changed the protest route in Paris from Bastille to Porte d’Italie, a decision denounced by trade unions and protesters. Around 70,000 police officers and gendarmes were deployed across France, 20% more than the previous week, according to L’Infodrome.
France will close several major Paris museums and deploy about 70,000 police officers ahead of a new day of protests. The movement, which began with high school students protesting their learning conditions, has widened amid rising living costs, according to France 24.
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Clashes broke out at the end of a march in Paris during demonstrations across France on 24 October, while a person was reported seriously injured in Toulouse. Secondary school pupils, students, trade unions and former Yellow Vest protesters are demonstrating, notably in support of public services and purchasing power, according to Agence France-Presse, cited by L’Essentiel.
🇫🇷 France · Source: L’essentiel ·
France plans to deploy about 70,000 police officers and gendarmes on Saturday to prevent further violence during demonstrations. The operation, reinforced by 10,000 personnel compared with the previous weekend, will include drones, helicopters and armoured vehicles, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, quoted by the Daily Post.
🇫🇷 France · Source: Daily Post ·
Student protests in France, which began in high schools, have expanded into a mobilisation bringing together the Yellow Vests, trade unions and other civil society organisations. Protesters are denouncing school conditions, teacher shortages and educational inequalities, according to an analysis by Joseph Downing cited by France 24.
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