Less damage, more arrests
Between 410,000 and 800,000 people marched on Saturday against the cost of living, under bans and imposed routes.
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Porte d’Italie, 2 pm. The Paris march sets off along a route imposed by the prefecture. One placard sets the tone: “Switch off your TVs, look at reality, wake up”. In Paris, 110,000 people according to the police prefecture, 250,000 according to the CGT; across France, 410,000 according to the Interior Ministry, 800,000 according to the union.
Lyon and Marseille under tear gas, Cherbourg calm
Banned from 10 am to 11 pm, Lyon still saw 10,000 people march according to the prefecture, with 36 arrests and 22 injured, including 18 police officers and gendarmes. In Marseille, 17,000 or 100,000 demonstrators depending on who is counting, 51 arrests, three shops looted. In Cherbourg, in Nantes or in the bulk of the Paris march, not a single clash.
« The marches went well »Laurent Nuñez, Interior Minister, Saturday evening
The minister satisfied, the street sets a new date
On Sunday, the Interior Ministry settled the tally at 1,314 arrests, 53 police officers and gendarmes injured, 24 shops looted. Laurent Nuñez blames the clashes on groups that broke away from the marches. Yellow vests on 31 October, the unions on 5 November. A week of respite, or one more week?
Based on Le Monde politique, Le Parisien Paris and Courrier international