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?? The Ministry of the Interior estimates at least 410,000 people rallied across France for Saturdayโs protests against the high cost of living, including 110,000 in Paris.ย Meanwhile, reported nearly 800,000 demonstrators and 250,000 in the capital.ย The situation in Paris remained largely "calm" during the day, while clashes broke out in other cities following attempts to enter unauthorised areas.ย
The Interior Ministry counted 410,000 protesters across France on October 24, down from 550,000 a week earlier; the CGT union said 800,000 marched. The post Officials Count 410,000 at France Protests appeared first on The Rio Times.
Soldiers were deployed across Milan and luxury boutiques boarded up as protesters took to the streets again on Saturday, a week after looting and clashes with police. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced a series of measures, including sending an additional 500 soldiers to the city and introducing tougher penalties for minors, who police said made up a large proportion of last weekโs violent protesters. Surveillance helicopters circled central Piazza del Duomo, while soldiers patrolled in groups alongside military vehicles and a water cannon. Some visitors said they would leave the city centre if violence broke out again. Our Rome correspondent, Seema Gupta, has the latest.
A coalition of the โYellow Vestsโ movement, trade unions and students will march across France on Saturday with demands over studying conditions and purchasing power. Some 70,000 police are expected to be deployed as authorities fear looting and vandalism similar to last Saturday's unrest.
A total of 410,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Saturday โ including 110,000 in Paris โ as part of a day of rallies focussed on purchasing power and the defence of public services, the Interior Ministry told AFP. The turnout was slightly lower than last week, which saw 550,000 people take to the streets. Meanwhile, according to the union responsible for organising the authorised events, 800,000 people participated in the demonstrations nationwide on Saturday, with 250,000 in the capital. Clashes broke out in several cities, including Paris, Lyon, Rennes, Nantes, Bordeaux, Nice, and Marseille. Matthew Mary-Caruchet shares further details.
If the MHA does not return to the May 22 agenda, we will be forced to hit the streets, agitate and prepare to go to jail for our legitimate demands within the Constitution, says co-chairperson Asgar Karbalaiย
Paris police counted 110,000 marchers, level with 17 October, while police fired tear gas in Strasbourg and clashes hit Nantes, Rennes and Marseille. The post Paris Marchers Hit 110,000 as Clashes Spread appeared first on The Rio Times.
Manifestantes se reuniram em Paris e em cidades de toda a Franรงa neste sรกbado (24), sob a vigilรขncia de 70 mil policiais, enquanto o governo tentava evitar a repetiรงรฃo dos distรบrbios e saques que sacudiram o paรญs no fim de semana passado. O ministro do Interior, Laurent Nuรฑez, disse que 135 pessoas haviam sido presas em todo o paรญs atรฉ o inรญcio da tarde, muitas apรณs revistas preventivas que encontraram fogos de artifรญcio, rolamentos de esferas e outros objetos que poderiam ser usados como armas. Notรญcias relacionadas:Franรงa quer impor toques de recolher apรณs fim de semana com tumultos.Alunos e professores protestam na Franรงa no maior dia de mobilizaรงรฃo.Tensรตes voltam a crescer; Franรงa contabiliza custos de protestos.โTemos que ser extremamente รกgeis. Recebemos muitos avisos sobre desordem, tanto de grupos polรญticos quanto, simplesmente, de criminososโ, disse aos jornalistas. โVai ser um dia longo.โ Enquanto o inรญcio da principal marcha em Paris transcorria de forma pacรญfica, a polรญcia usou gรกs lacrimogรชneo contra multidรตes em Lyon, a terceira maior cidade da Franรงa. O governo mobilizou 10 mil policiais a mais do que em 17 de outubro, dia em que protestos contra o custo de vida e a deterioraรงรฃo dos serviรงos pรบblicos se transformaram em alguns dos piores distรบrbios que a Franรงa viu em anos. Lojas e museus fechados Grande parte do centro de Paris parecia uma cidade em lockdown, com lojistas fechando as vitrines com tapumes, museus com as portas fechadas e mais de 20 estaรงรตes de metrรด interditadas. Entidades empresariais pediram que os varejistas permanecessem fechados depois que milhares de lojas e negรณcios foram danificados ou saqueados em toda a Franรงa no รบltimo fim de semana. โQuase nรฃo hรก clientes, entรฃo nรฃo vale a pena ficar abertoโ, disse Oskar, gerente de uma boutique Kiton em Paris. Vรกrios dos mais conhecidos centros culturais da capital, incluindo o Louvre, o Musรฉe dโOrsay e a รpera de Paris, fecharam como precauรงรฃo, deixando os turistas frustrados. โEstรก tudo fechado com tapumes e nรฃo sabemos bem para onde irโ, disse Xavier Dolliole, turista da cidade norte-americana de Nova Orleans. A rota da principal manifestaรงรฃo em Paris sรณ foi definida apรณs uma batalha judicial, desencadeada por uma ordem policial de รบltima hora, que afastava os organizadores do centro da cidade em direรงรฃo ร s regiรตes do sudeste da capital. A polรญcia argumentou que o trajeto original passava por รกreas com alta concentraรงรฃo de empresas semelhantes ร s atacadas no fim de semana anterior. Lรญderes de esquerda disseram que a mudanรงa tardia tinha como objetivo causar confusรฃo e afastar as pessoas. โMais uma vez, os que estรฃo no poder criam transtornos para as marchas e prazos impossรญveis para que as organizaรงรตes se reorganizemโ, disse o lรญder da esquerda radical Jean-Luc Mรฉlenchon, que se juntou aos manifestantes nas ruas de Paris. Congresso Muitos manifestantes acusaram o governo de reagir de forma exagerada, com soldados enviados para patrulhar a Champs-รlysรฉes. โChoramos pelas lojas, nรฃo pelas pessoas que sรฃo empobrecidas o ano todoโ, disse Clara Lebbadi, estudante de artes de 22 anos. โMinha amiga e eu quase nรฃo viemos porque estรกvamos com medo, mas viemos justamente porque รฉ importante nรฃo deixar a repressรฃo vencerโ, acrescentou. A primeira marcha autorizada neste sรกbado transcorreu pacificamente em Orlรฉans, a cerca de 120 quilรดmetrosย ao sul de Paris, onde manifestantes protestaram contra o Reagrupamento Nacional, de Marine Le Pen, que realizava um congresso partidรกrio na cidade. As tensรตes aumentaram apรณs tiros na sexta-feira (23), a oeste de Paris, quando um atirador, suspeito de agir por รณdio islamofรณbico, matou uma pessoa e feriu maisย quatro, entre elas uma menina de 12 anos. โViemos dizer ร extrema direita, cara a cara, que nรฃo temos medoโ, disse Bally Bagayoko, prefeito de Saint-Denis e membro do partido de esquerda radical Franรงa Insubmissa (LFI). *(Reportagem adicional de Crispian Balmer, Bertrand Boucey, Alessandro Parodiย e Elizabeth Pineau) *ร proibida a reproduรงรฃo deste conteรบdo.
The Italian government has sent hundreds of soldiers to the country's financial hub ahead of anticipated unrest.
A coalition of the โYellow Vestsโ movement, trade unions and students will march across France on Saturday with demands over studying conditions and purchasing power. Some 70,000 police are expected to be deployed as authorities fear looting and vandalism similar to last Saturday's unrest.
France is bracing for another day of cost-of-living protests, with extra police deployed nationwide to prevent a repeat of the violence that followed last Saturdayโs demonstrations. In Lyon, where protests have been banned, police used tear gas to disperse around 150 people who had gathered to demonstrate. Government figures put last weekendโs turnout at more than half a million, and similarly large crowds could take to the streets again today. The movement grew out of high school studentsโ protests over poor conditions and a lack of resources, and cities across the country have stepped up security. In Paris, the Louvre, Orsay and Picasso museums are closed, while many luxury boutiques have also shut their doors and boarded up their windows following last weekendโs looting. France 24 Journalist Elitsa Gadeva reports the latest.
France arrested 135 people by 1 p.m. Paris time on 24 October as 35,000 marched, down from 60,000 a week earlier, Interior Minister Nuรฑez said. The post French Protests Shrink as 135 Are Arrested appeared first on The Rio Times.
Bloomberg News Paris Deputy Bureau Chief James Regan tells Bloomberg This Weekend that France is deploying tens of thousands of police and shifting protest routes as authorities try to prevent a repeat of last weekendโs violence and looting. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Regan says unrest that began with student demands has broadened into anger over the cost of living, threatening retailers and tourism as France also contends with fiscal and political strains. (Source: Bloomberg)
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A coalition of the โYellow Vestsโ movement, trade unions and students will march across France on Saturday with demands over studying conditions and purchasing power. Some 70,000 police are expected to be deployed as authorities fear looting and vandalism similar to last Saturday's unrest. Story by J. Pownall, S. Perez, M. Bougault.
Thousands marched in Orlรฉans as police, a night curfew for minors and a Sunday protest ban shaped the National Rally's weekend congress. The post Thousands March as Le Pen’s Party Meets appeared first on The Rio Times.
Paris unions accepted the police route from Porte d'Italie to Porte de Vincennes after a court rejected their appeal, with the march due at 8 a.m. ET. The post Paris Unions Accept Police March Route appeared first on The Rio Times.
France is bracing for another day of mass protests on Saturday, with the government promising that 70,000 police and gendarmes will be deployed across the country amid fears that last weekendโs scenes of violence and looting could repeat themselves. For many Chinese students living in Paris, the events last Saturday were their first taste of a major French protest turned violent. While most said the experience had not put them off staying in France, many said they worried about the countryโs...
Italy is preparing for another day of protests on Saturday against budget cuts and the high cost of living in eight cities, including Rome and Milan. Following last weekendโs unrest, authorities announced heavy security measures, including the use of drones and helicopters to monitor the marches.
A coalition of the โYellow Vestsโ movement, labor unions and students will march across France on Saturday with demands centered around studying conditions and purchasing power. Some 70,000 police will be deployed with authorities fearing ransackingย and looting similar to the unrest that erupted last Saturday on the sidelines of protests that saw at least 550,000 participants. Follow ourย liveblog for the latest updates.
Opposition supporters marched across Venezuela on 22 October demanding an election date, a day after US-backed talks closed without one. The post Venezuela Marchers Demand Election Date appeared first on The Rio Times.
More than 70,000 police officers are to be deployed over fears protesters will defy restrictions on demonstrations.
Parisians are buying tear-gas canisters and pepper sprays to defend themselves and their property during protests, which are expected to continue over the weekend, the owner of a weapons shop in the French capital has said. France was hit by its worst social unrest in years last weekend as nationwide protests over high prices and declining public services erupted into riots. A town hall was torched, shops pillaged โand buildings covered in graffiti as violent groups clashed with police in cities...
Younger Limoges residents see the destruction of their town hall as unfortunate collateral damage in a wider movement. For others, the fire was an unacceptable tragedy.
The Student List has emerged from almost two years of anti-corruption protests to form the biggest challenge to Vuฤiฤ's rule.
It's been a week thatโs seen mass protests hijacked by violent rioters across France. The looting of shops, trashing of public buildings, the burning of Lyonโs Tourist Information and the iconic Limoges City Hall. ย After the riots, came the curfews, and the contemplation, who did what and why werenโt they stopped. Seditious groups, ultra left anarchists and opportunist criminals said President Macron, with a qualified mea culpa: failures in anticipation and authorities dropped the ball in intelligence gathering. Macron is out of breath, ย exhausted and disorientated claimed the Presidential Frontrunner Marine Le Pen, the far right leader now polling in an even stronger position for the Presidency. Foreign leaders had a free for all too, President Trump wading in and Israelโs prime minister settled old scores ahead of elections there. But France wasnโt isolated in its protests and unrest, Milan was a mirror image, with demonstrations in Spain, Portugal, Belgium too, An Autumn of Discontent, and more protests to follow this weekend:
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Paris St-Germain's Ligue 1 match against Lyon at the Parc des Princes is pushed back 24 hours as the French capital prepares for another weekend of protests.