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France nationwide unrest and mass protests security deployment
The story so farFrance will deploy about 70,000 police and security officers nationwide for Saturday's protests, with the government putting about 20% more officers on the streets than last weekend. President Emmanuel Macron met student representatives, and student groups afterward called for the protests to continue. Saturday's marches are planned by a coalition of the Yellow Vests movement, trade unions and students, with demands over studying conditions and purchasing power.
Still watching
- Will the Saturday protests in other European countries see the same kind of violence seen in France last weekend?
- Will the student groups' call to continue protests after their meeting with Macron change the scope of Saturday's demonstrations?
- How long will the curfews in Paris, Lyon and other cities remain in place?
- What is the basis of the disagreement over who is to blame for the riots?
- Will the accusations that French police brutalised minors be investigated?
- Will Saturday's nationwide protests take place without the violence seen last weekend?
How it developed
France nationwide unrest and mass protests security deployment
- France will deploy about 70,000 police and security officers nationwide for Saturday's protests, with the government putting about 20% more officers on the streets than last weekend.
- President Emmanuel Macron met student representatives, and student groups afterward called for the protests to continue.
- Saturday's marches are planned by a coalition of the Yellow Vests movement, trade unions and students, with demands over studying conditions and purchasing power.
France protests security crackdown after weekend violence
- France has imposed nightly curfews for as long as necessary in the city centers of Paris and Lyon and other cities, after the first quiet night since the country's most destructive rioting in years.
- The French government acknowledged failures in its response to last weekend's violence and plans a massive troop deployment and security operation for nationwide protests planned for Saturday.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu vowed a 'massive' police presence at the coming weekend's protests while facing criticism over the handling of the recent street violence.
France weekend riots and police oversight crisis
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