
France protests: More violence feared amid renewed demonstrations
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France is deploying some 70,000 police as fresh nationwide protests are set to begin. A deadly shooting near Paris has additionally fueled tensions. DW has more.
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Follow below for the latest on the protests and unrest in France and other parts of Europe on Saturday, October 24, 2026: With some 70,000 police officers to be deployed on Saturday, many people in France are fearing repeat violence not just from certain groups of protesters but also from the forces of law and order.
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During recent student protests, a number of teenagers sustained serious injuries amid police actions, and multiple unconfirmed videos have shown incidents of brutality toward protesters at last week's wider demonstrations.
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French police are among the most heavily armed in Europe and are subjected to less independent oversight than in many other countries.
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Rights group Amnesty International has described the police response to the current protests as "disproportionate" and called upon French authorities to "act upon their human rights obligations."
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This DW article looks at the criticism leveled at French police and the differences between policing in France and elsewhere: Are the French police the most violent in the EU?
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A two-day congress of the far-right National Rally (RN) party in the city of Orleans, some 110 km (70 miles) south of Paris, is expected to draw its own protest by labor unions, left-wing parties, students and anti-racism groups.
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The congress is to be hosted by Marine Le Pen, the party's lead candidate at French presidential elections in six months time.
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Authorities fear clashes between counterprotesters and supporters of Le Pen, who has a nationalist, anti-immigration agenda and has received upwind from the recent protests by taking a strong law-and-order stance and citing "anarchic immigration" as one factor behind them.
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The congress is likely to see the reelection of party president, Jordan Bardella.
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French authorities say they will be deploying some 70,000 police on Saturday amid renewed protests as they look to prevent a repeat of the violence that marred mass nationwide demonstrations over social inequality a week ago.
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Announcing the deployment, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned at a news conference in Paris that calls for violence and looting were circulating on social media.
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Several restrictions on protests have been imposed across the country, including bans on a union-led march on one route in the capital, Paris, that organizers say they will disregard, citing safety concerns about a proposed alternative.
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Leading museums in Paris, including the Louvre, will also remained closed.
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The protests come a critical political moment for France, with elections due in six months to elect a successor to President Emmanual Macron.
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Polls have shown far-right candidate Marine Le Pen as the frontrunner and indicated that the latest events might have shored up her popularity.
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You can read more about the security precautions and background to the protests in France in this article:France to deploy 70,000 police officers ahead of protests French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned a shooting near Paris on Friday in which one person was killed and five others were injured, including a 12-year-old girl.
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Macron called the attack "a turning point," saying it was "a terrorist act that was planned to kill our compatriots, our children, based on the color of their skin or their religion."
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The victim killed was said by authorities to have been of "African origin," and most of the injured were also from foreign backgrounds.
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The shooting is likely to further fuel tensions ahead of protests planned for Saturday, with some far-right politicians blaming immigration for the violence on the sidelines of protests in several French cities on October 17.
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You can read more about the attack in this article: France: 1 killed, 4 wounded after shooting near Paris France is bracing for another day of mass protests a week after the country saw some violent rioting on the sidelines of demonstrations against rising inequality, declining public services and a deteriorating education system.
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The current wave of protests sweeping the country comes on the heels of largely peaceful demonstrations by high school students over learning conditions.
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Some 70,000 police are to be deployed in the capital, Paris, and other cities, while protest bans are in place in several locations.
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The protests in France have spilled over into other European countries, with Italy also expecting mass demonstrations on Saturday.
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In this blog, we will be keeping you up to date on all the latest protest developments in France and other European countries on Saturday, October 24, and Sunday, October 25.
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