More than 100,000 people have taken to the streets in France in another round of cost-of-living rallies organised by the “Yellow Vests” and various youth movements.
Saturday’s protests saw a decline in turnout compared with previous weekends and stayed largely calm, authorities said.
The Ministry of the Interior reported that 106,000 people took part in protests nationwide, including 24,000 in Paris – down from 146,000 people nationwide and 46,000 in Paris last week. Student unions place Saturday’s protest numbers higher, at 200,000 people, including almost 100,000 in the capital.
The country has been gripped by high-school blockades, mass demonstrations, and strikes for more than a month, with protesters rallying against falling educational standards, cost-of-living increases, low wages, and police violence.
When so many people come together, there must be something worth listening to. Do you think these protests will actually bring about change?
I can bet France will have to hold elections next year and new government will be elected.
At the same time Le Pen is getting ready to become president… these protests should be eyed with suspicion, a lot of right wing populism.
Frenchman here, and no. This wave of protests are absolutely left / far left. The rally songs are “I have 2 passions: marching band and revolution / long live blockades and sabotage / squats and unauthorized protests” and “siamo tutti antifascisti”.
Wtf are you trying to say? The protests are largely left wing movements. It’s the likes of CNews and BFM that are spreading right wing populism, racism and hatred
yeah im seeing a lot of this type of thing from local elections to movements abroad. A lot of swiftboating type thing.
… are “largely” left… there, you’ve said it yourself. WTF.
The only reason it faded away last time is because suddenly people were coughing. A lot.
And I don’t think they could agree on what they were protesting for…
Clowns… it is all because France has gone too much into debt because of their crazy welfare state. Instead of swallowing the pill in order to get the economy back on track they are going on the streets demanding that France gets driven into the ground and Europe as a whole with it.
but, but what about the economy!
Or. OR. We eat the rich.
they did in the revolution.
🤡 even if France became communist it would have problems because it is just not generating the wealth it needs to sustain its welfare state already. They are literally running on loans that they can’t pay back.
