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France deploys 70,000 police for third weekend of protests as Halloween demonstrations loom

France mobilized 70,000 security personnel nationwide ahead of Saturday's protests over living costs and education, with authorities pushing the Paris march to the capital's edge to prevent a repeat of widespread looting.

Oct 30, 20265 sources

Top claims

▪Following a security clampdown and injuries to protesters, the French protest movement against rising living costs and education expanded its demands to include protecting civil liberties and the right to protest
▪France's highest administrative court upheld the Paris police prefecture's ban on marching between Bastille and Nation squares
▪French nationwide protests beginning in late September 2026 were initially sparked by grievances over the rising cost of living, inequality, and public service funding

People involved

Laurent Nuñez Emmanuel Macron

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Cost of living1 French concessions to student protesters1 French protest-security mobilisation1 French student protests1 Human rights1 Protest policing1 Protests and civil unrest1

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