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Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to protest higher living costs and the poor conditions in schools and other public services in France over the weekend. Police arrested nearly 2,400 people after violent groups clashed with officers and looted shops.The widespread unrest deepens political uncertainty in France as it prepares for elections in six months.
The French prime minister called for localised curfews on Monday, as protesters blocked the entrance to the Louvre in Paris and authorities scrambled to stem public discontent that over the weekend saw mass cost-of-living protests spill over into some of the worst street violence in recent years. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu huddled with ministers in a crisis meeting after the interior minister said the police “had lost control” during the weekend’s unrest. With the Yellow Vests movement,...
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has warned that a state of emergency could be imposed "if needed" as authorities struggle to contain violent protests, which have affected thousands of businesses, sweeping parts of the country. The violence comes months before France’s presidential election, raising concerns over public security and political stability.
US President Donald Trump has declared that France is "burning", blaming immigration for what he described as the country's decline.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez acknowledges that police 'lost control' during weekend protests.
France experienced a weekend of shocks as weeks-long high school student protests for better study environments were hijacked by violent looters across major cities, angered by rising fuel prices and an ongoing cost of living crisis. While the rallies saw hundreds of thousands protest peacefully, clashes over the weekend led to chaotic scenes: hundreds of shops were pillaged, the historic city hall of Limoges was burned down and multiple public buildings across cities like Paris, Marseilles and...
Novos confrontos eclodiram em Paris neste domingo (18), um dia depois de a França ter vivido um dos piores dias de agitação dos últimos anos, com protestos contra os preços altos que deixaram um manifestante morto, milhares de pessoas presas e lojas saqueadas ou danificadas em todo o país. Manifestações em todo o país se transformaram em tumultos no sábado, com uma prefeitura incendiada, lojas saqueadas e prédios cobertos de pichações, enquanto grupos violentos entraram em confronto com a polícia em cidades por todo o país. Notícias relacionadas:França: estudantes prometem continuar luta após primeira vitória.Alunos e professores protestam na França no maior dia de mobilização.Um manifestante morreu após sofrer uma parada cardíaca durante os protestos em Paris. A polícia realizou mais de 2 mil prisões em toda a França, enquanto mais de 600 policiais ficaram feridos, informou o ministro do Interior. Chamas e fumaça nas ruas de Paris, durante protestos da população contra os custos de vida e a alta dos preços dos combustíveis - REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/Proibida reprodução “Aqui parece uma zona de guerra”, disse o empresário holandês Tije De Boer, que havia vindo a Paris com seus filhos para visitar um amigo e afirmou que os protestos o forçaram a deixar seu hotel na Place de la République, um dos pontos mais conturbados no sábado (17). A polícia voltou a lançar gás lacrimogêneo contra os manifestantes na Place de la République e bicicletas foram incendiadas na tarde de domingo, um sinal de que as tensões ainda não haviam se acalmado totalmente na capital. Mais de meio milhão de pessoas participaram de marchas em dezenas de cidades no sábado, marcando a convergência de um movimento estudantil que já dura um mês com um descontentamento social mais amplo contra o aumento do custo de vida e o declínio dos serviços públicos. Carro incendiado perto da estátua de Marianne, na Place de la Rèpublique - REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/Proibida reprodução O presidente Emmanuel Macron fará um pronunciamento à nação às 20h, horário local, no domingo, informou seu gabinete. Os distúrbios de sábado revelaram a profunda raiva contra Macron, que deixará o cargo em 2027 após uma década no poder cada vez mais marcada pelo descontentamento social, uma economia fraca e uma dívida galopante. O governo atribuiu a violência a grupos de extrema esquerda e ultra-esquerda, bem como a criminosos que, segundo o governo, instigaram os saques. O líder da extrema direita francesa, Jordan Bardella, afirmou que a França havia sido “humilhada” e pediu que Macron renunciasse. “Estamos pagando por décadas de negligência, perda de autoridade e pelo desarmamento moral, psicológico e material de nossas forças de segurança interna”, disse ele durante visita a uma delegacia de polícia em Paris. Lojas danificadas Ruas comerciais foram tomadas por incêndios provocados pelos manifestantes - REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/Proibida reprodução Enquanto centenas de milhares protestavam pacificamente, grupos marginais violentos atacaram prédios públicos, saquearam butiques de luxo e supermercados e atacaram veículos e policiais. Uma operação maciça de limpeza teve início em cidades que vão de Lille, no norte, a Marselha, no sul, e de Estrasburgo, no leste, a Bordeaux, no sudoeste, onde uma multidão mascarada invadiu a residência do prefeito local. O ministro do Interior, Laurent Nunez, afirmou que várias centenas de lojas foram danificadas no sábado. Em Limoges, no sudoeste da França, o prefeito Guillaume Guerin denunciou o caos após a prefeitura da cidade, de 143 anos, ter sido incendiada e amplamente destruída em um ataque criminoso no sábado, o que gerou comparações com o incêndio de 2019 que devastou a Catedral de Notre-Dame, em Paris. “Houve uma intenção clara e premeditada de incendiar a prefeitura, e as pessoas que estavam lá dentro temeram por suas vidas”, disse Guerin à Reuters. Ele ameaçou renunciar caso a cidade não recebesse os recursos necessários para reparar a prefeitura. Caminhão dos Bombeiros trabalha no rescaldo do incêndio ocorrido na noite de Sábado, na prefeitura de Limoges, na França - Reuters/Clotaire Achi/proibida reprodução Eleições Os distúrbios aumentaram a pressão sobre o presidente Macron e seu governo antes da eleição presidencial prevista para o próximo ano. O primeiro-ministro Sébastien Lecornu atribuiu os distúrbios à “extrema esquerda” e aos criminosos. O ministro da Economia, Roland Lescure, prometeu apoio no domingo aos empresários que sofreram prejuízos. “Quem destruir coisas vai pagar, reparar os danos e ser responsabilizado por sua intenção de semear o caos”, disse Lescure em comunicado. O prefeito de Bordeaux, Thomas Cazenave, disse que até 100 lojas foram saqueadas em sua cidade, enquanto o prefeito de Marselha, Benoit Payan, anunciou ajuda financeira de emergência para apoiar as empresas afetadas pela violência. O presidente-executivo da rede francesa de varejo Carrefour, Alexandre Bompard, disse à emissora francesa BFMTV que 50 lojas da empresa foram danificadas, incluindo 20 que foram saqueadas, com prejuízos decorrentes dos danos chegando a dezenas de milhões de euros. Os protestos começaram no mês passado devido às condições das escolas e à escassez de professores nos subúrbios da classe trabalhadora, antes de se transformarem em um movimento contra a desigualdade, os cortes nos gastos públicos e o aumento do custo de vida. *Reportagem adicional de Natasa Bansagi, Janis Laizans, Abdul Saboor e Clotaire Achi
Bernard Baudoux, Mayor of the French town of Aulnoye-Aymeries, says masked settlers attacked him in occupied West Bank.
France on Sunday is dealing with the aftermath of nationwide protests that damaged around 1,500 businesses and caused losses estimated at hundreds of millions of euros. Police arrested an estimated 1,800 people across the country during Saturday's demonstrations over the cost of living and school conditions.
The demonstrations have united students and ‘yellow vest’ supporters, exposing deeper anger over living standards.
This weekend, in cities across France, some 800,000 protesters, including students, railway workers and members of the Yellow Vest movement, took to the streets in largely peaceful nationwide demonstrations. Sparked by a month of high school student protests over educational inequality and crumbling school facilities, the movement has grown into a broader outcry over the cost of living, public spending and climate inaction, as people across France say they have reached their breaking point.
Demonstrations across the country turned violent, with cars and buildings set alight and shops ransacked.
Disorder broke out in cities across the country on a day in which more than half a million joined cost of living protests.
190 000 people could demonstrate this Saturday in France. They called for street demonstrations Saturday against rising living costs, joining high school students' grievances over education conditions after more than three weeks of school blockades.
Police and protesters clashed violently in Paris and other French cities Saturday on the sidelines of nationwide marches against soaring inflation, with one demonstrator's hand blown off, multiple blazes set and looters breaking into dozens of stores to strip them bare.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to protest across France on Saturday, as students, trade unionists and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement join forces to demonstrate against high prices and the country's fraying social model.
Europe’s auto industry welcomed a deal between France and Germany that provides relief for manufacturers grappling with high costs and intense Chinese competition.
After weeks of student protests, France is set to be swept by broader, nationwide demonstrations Saturday over the cost of living, setting up a potentially fraught period ahead of presidential elections next year. The prospect of the two movements merging, perhaps with outbreaks of violence, poses a big challenge to the government -- and an opportunity for far-left and far-right presidential candidates jockeying for power.
After weeks of student protests, France is set to be swept by broader, nationwide demonstrations on Saturday. The country's Yellow Vest movement – which eight years ago staged street protests against President Emmanuel Macron – has appealed to teachers, workers, pensioners and farmers, as well as students, in an online call spread through social media. The prospect of the two movements merging poses a big challenge to the government, as FRANCE 24’s Shirli Sitbon reports.
Our guest is veteran French journalist and commentator Bernard Guetta, who is a Member of the European Parliament for the centrist Renew group. He tells the programme that Donald Trump is "a liar, because he tried to tell the American people that Zelensky and the Ukrainian resistance were responsible for the price of diesel. This is a pure lie. He (Trump) is responsible because he started the war with Iran." Guetta goes on to say that "without American intelligence sharing, Ukraine is weaker and weaker. That's terrible, to see the president of the United States giving a hand to Putin against Ukraine."
UBS Chief Economist Arend Kapteyn discusses the Fed’s rate outlook following hotter inflation data, the impact of AI investment and borrowing on bond yields, and why he believes AI fundamentals remain strong despite the recent market selloff. Kapteyn also weighs in on Europe’s economic challenges, competition with China and France’s fiscal outlook. He spoke on Bloomberg Brief. (Source: Bloomberg)
A conversation with Shahin Vallée.
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 16: French papers look ahead to Saturday's call for mass protests, which will bring together a number of social movements. Next, climate change has devastating consequences on communities in Afghanistan. Also, Libération publishes a special edition written in the style of Georges Perec. Finally, this year's animal of the year has been named.
As student protests converge with broader public discontent over the rising cost of living in France, Genie Godula is joined by Sébastien Vieille, national secretary of the SNALC teachers’ union. He offers an assessment of a movement confronting political uncertainty, deteriorating school infrastructure and mounting fiscal constraints. Speaking from Montbéliard in eastern France, Vieille questions whether alliances with larger protest movements, including the Yellow Vests, will strengthen students’ demands or ultimately make them "less visible".