France Sees Protests in 110 Places as Fuel and Living Costs Spark Clashes
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 17
France Sees Protests in 110 Places as Fuel and Living Costs Spark Clashes
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 17
Summary
Rallies spread to roughly 110 locations across France by early afternoon Saturday, with later marches in Paris, Lyon, Nantes and Rennes.
Rising living and fuel costs drove the demonstrations, which merged with weeks of high school protests and deepened a broader sense of fiscal and social crisis.
Marseille saw some of the worst unrest: rioters briefly entered City Hall and toppled a bust of Marianne before police cleared them out.
Lyon rioters broke into and set fire to a tourism office, while in Paris thousands marched peacefully but a few hundred rioters confronted police around Place de la République.
Some protest calls came from social media accounts tied to the yellow vest movement, linking the latest unrest to France's earlier anti-fuel-price mobilization.