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France: why arrests went up as the damage went down on 24 October, and what the students actually want
The second Saturday of cost-of-living protests, 24 October 2026, raised a question: why did France see far fewer smashed windows but far more arrests? The answer say...
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The second Saturday of nationwide cost-of-living protests took place on 24 October 2026. Turnout was lower than on 17 October, and there was much less destruction, b...
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The government's new rule allows only union-led marches. On the eve of the nationwide protests of Saturday, 24 October 2026, that rule ran into trouble. Late on Frid...
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The government has tightened its rules ahead of the cost-of-living protests on Saturday, 24 October 2026, but a court has already overturned one of its bans. On Thur...
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The meeting at Matignon on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, did not calm things down. It split the government and the unions further apart. At the same time, prefects acr...
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The French government is now preparing for the next round of protests. The night of 19–20 October was the first calm one since the riots of 17 October. On Wednesday,...
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On Monday, 19 October 2026, the French government moved from counting the damage of the 17 October riots to imposing restrictions. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu c...
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The official count of the damage from the 17 October cost-of-living protests rose sharply on Sunday, 18 October 2026. The night before, Prime Minister Sébastien Leco...
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More than a month of unrest in France peaked on Saturday, 17 October 2026. On that day, school and university students, trade unions and former "yellow vest" activis...