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Nov 5, 2026

France hit by largest nationwide strikes and protests in years over wages and cost of living

Hundreds of thousands of workers and students marched across France on Thursday in the biggest single day of protests since weeks of unrest began, with police firing tear gas in Lyon and Paris; the government moved a G7 foreign ministers' meeting from Marseille to Paris amid the unrest.

Nov 5, 2026·7 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪Centre-right candidate Édouard Philippe trailed both Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in polling ahead of France's May 2027 presidential election
  • ▪French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez deployed 70,000 police and security officers, supported by armored vehicles and drones, for the protests
  • ▪French police detained 448 people nationwide on November 5, 2026, while 53 officers were injured in clashes with protesters

People involved

Laurent NuñezEmmanuel Macron

Subtopics

Cost of living1French protest-security mobilisation1French student protests1French trade-union and cost-of-living mobilisation1Labour rights1Protests and civil unrest1Yellow Vests return alongside French students1

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