France: Hundreds arrested after nationwide protests
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The French government says more than 1,000 people were arrested following nationwide protests on Saturday. Police and elite security forces were out in force across the country as clashes broke out.
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You can read all our updates on the protests and unrest in France and other parts of Europe on October 24 and 25, 2026, below.
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Marine Le Pen launched her fourth bid to become president of France on Sunday with a plea to "French patriots" to back her and her far-right National Rally (RN) in spring elections.
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The grande dame of the far-right, Le Pen delivered an impassioned invocation of French spirit in Orleans, calling for "a renaissance" of the country's virtues and stressing its rich creative and intellectual history.
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She blasted "Little Marquis Macron" and the state of France under his stewardship — both domestically and internationally — offering a fiery outline of the need to restore order, but also civility in the country, alongside promises of maintaining French (nuclear) defense and judicial sovereignty.
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Le Pen said "we'll protect our public spaces so that they can remain places full of life and mutual respect" and cited civility as the surest way to keep violence out of society.
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She praised regionalism over globalism or supranationalism in the form of the European Union (EU), and spoke of the need to defend freedom and the "French way of life," making clear that, "In France, you live like the French."
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Le Pen recalled General Charles de Gaulle several times throughout her speech, emphasizing the historic importance of the moment when it comes to securing the promise of the future.
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After ending her remarks with a full-throated "Vive la France!," a relieved-looking Le Pen was joined on stage by heir apparent Jordan Bardella and party members for a rousing rendition of the national anthem under the campaign slogan, "Pour la France La Renaissance."
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Amid the latest demonstrations, what's driving the unrest, and could a broader youth-led protest movement be taking shape?
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video French unions and protest groups have called for fresh demonstrations on October 31 and a nationwide strike on November 5 to maintain pressure on the government.
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The left-wing Solidaires union federation said anger over wages, living costs and public services was bringing together students, workers, firefighters and other groups.
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"We see an aggregation of anger," Solidaires co-leader Murielle Guilbert told broadcaster BFM TV.
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The SUD Education teaching union said it would join the October 31 demonstrations.
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The larger CGT union is set to decide during the week. The Yellow Vests movement also called for rallies, including sit-ins outside town halls and the National Assembly.
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The government has opened talks with unions and student representatives, but protest leaders say its proposals are inadequate.
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French authorities detained 1,314 people during nationwide protests on Saturday, according to a provisional Interior Ministry tally.
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The ministry said 53 police officers and other security personnel were injured, firefighters responded to 75 fires and 24 businesses were looted.
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It did not provide a figure for injured protesters. Clashes broke out in cities including Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse and Tours, with police using tear gas.
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The ministry blamed groups including radical far-left activists for confrontations along or near protest routes. Authorities counted 410,000 participants at 289 demonstrations and gatherings, down from 550,000 a week earlier.
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Other estimates put Saturday's turnout as high as 800,000. The reported arrests and violence were substantially lower than on October 17, when authorities recorded 2,628 detentions and 1,144 injured security personnel.
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The ministry said several investigations had been opened and described the subsequent night as calm.
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With Saturday's protest over, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez reported nearly 1,000 arrests.
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The number is expected to rise as security officials tally up the day's events, Nunez added.
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"Multiple lootings have been averted," he said.
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While some clashes between protesters and police were reported in many French cities, the scope of the unrest was much smaller compared to the protests last Saturday, which saw buildings defaced and burned, and some 1,500 shops looted across the country.
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Nunez previously put the number of people arrested last weekend at 2,700.
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Some 410,000 people marched across France on Saturday, according to the country's interior ministry, as the country braced for a possible repeat of violence seen last weekend.
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In Paris alone, at least 110,000 people turned out to denounce rising living costs and growing inequality.
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Police were out in force in major French cities.
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While rallies in Paris and Marseille were mostly peaceful, clashes between protesters and police were reported in towards the evening.
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Riot police in Paris fired tear gas and water cannons at some 500 hooded youths before they eventually dispersed. In Marseille, youths blocked roads by setting trash cans on fire.
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They threw rocks and bottles at security forces. Clashes were also reported in the cities of Lyon, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Clermont-Ferrand, Lille, Rennes, Nantes and Toulouse. France is known for its protest culture, where demonstration is considered a bedrock value.
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Altercations between the police and demonstrators are by and large part of the French protest ritual.
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What we are seeing could even be considered a relatively calm end-of-demonstration situation, Lisa Louis, who is in Paris, said.
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Meanwhile, security guards were deployed in Milan on Saturday amid demonstrations against the rising cost of living.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ordered 500 soldiers to be dispatched to the city, in addition to about 5,000 police and other law enforcement personnel there.
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But the protests in the large Italian city were less unruly than last weekend, when looters ransacked businesses near the central Duomo area.
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Around 3,000 people rallied in Milan, with another smaller demonstration taking place in Rome.
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As the day went on (and largely toward the end of demonstrations in many cities), clashes occurred between protesters and the authorities during the demonstrations across France. The French interior ministry said it estimates 410,000 people to have taken part in protest throughout France today.
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Demonstrations were set to take place in Paris and Marseille but protesters took to the streets in other cities for rallies like Lyon and Nantes.
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There were reports about clashes between protesters and police in several cities, including Paris.
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There were protests in the city of Lyon, in the east-central part of France, where police used tear gas to disperse protesters wearing masks.
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There are also reports about clashes in Marseille, where police fired tear gas to disperse crowds.
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About 550,000 people attended demonstrations throughout the country last weekend.
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The mood over the past few days in France felt almost a bit apocalyptic.
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Business owners told me they were worried more looting might lie ahead, after gangs of individuals had ransacked and destroyed at least 3,000 shops across the country last weekend.
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"Some of us are planning to buy weapons to defend ourselves, in case the pillagers come back. One day, there's going to be a tragedy — for sure," Jonathan Siad, owner of a tobacco shop in Paris, said to me.
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Other store owners were too afraid to talk to us in front of the camera – they worried criminals might see the interview and target their shop. Residents told me they would try to avoid the area where the demonstration was taking place.
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Only to add that they hoped the situation wouldn't escalate like last week, when even places far away from the actual marches became hotspots of clashes between the police and protesters.
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Interior Minister Laurent Nunez had admitted on Monday a "loss of control" last Saturday. The authorities thus increased the number of police deployed across France by 10,000 to 70,000 this Saturday.
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First clashes between protesters and the police started to occur in the late afternoon in several cities across France such as Marseille, Lyon and Paris. But for now, the much feared mass looting and ransacking doesn't seem to be happening.
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The situation is nowhere near the total chaos Paris and other cities like Marseille experienced last Saturday.
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"Last weekend, our neighborhood resembled a war zone with gangs roaming the area. Today, it's completely empty apart from police with their vans," Yassaman Metghalchi, co-owner of a jewelry shop in the city center of Paris that got looted last Saturday, told me.
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"All of our neighbors feel reassured – although the night is still young and we need to wait and see what will happen," she added. Paris police say 110,000 protesters were on the streets in the city on Saturday.
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The anti-government "Yellow Vest" movementteamed up with aggrieved school students for this round of demonstrations.
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The CGT trade union, meanwhile, said 800,000 participated in protests across France, with 250,000 people taking part in Paris. Saturday's protesters were limited by Parisian authorities to the city's southeastern edge, away from the center.
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Authorities prepared to help the protesters march safely from the Place d'Italie in the 13th arrondissement on the left bank of the Seine River to Porte de Vincennes which lies further away on the right bank.
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A post on X by Paris Police Prefecture showed the Porte d'Italie from the sky ahead of the march.
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French news agency AFP reported clashes in Paris after the demonstrations.
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The French police used tear gas in response to protests in the southeastern city of Lyon.
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Use of tear gas was also reported in the cities of Lille, Toulouse and Nantes.
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In Orleans, south of Paris, protesters also came out to the streets against a two-day congress held in the city of Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party. According to polls, Le Pen is the frontrunner in France's presidential elections next year.
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