France Protests Enter Fifth Weekend: 106,000 March Nationwide, 219 Detained
Protests across France against the rising cost of living and deteriorating public services entered a fifth consecutive weekend on Saturday, November 14. The Interior Ministry counted about 106,000 participants at 137 gatherings nationwide, including some 24,000 in Paris; 219 people were detained and 10 police officers were lightly injured. Student groups put the turnout far higher, at nearly 200,000 nationwide and about 100,000 in Paris.
Sporadic clashes were reported in Paris, Bordeaux and Lyon, and a television crew was attacked while reporting in Lyon. Turnout fell from the previous weekend's 146,000, but the protests have now run for five straight weekends, keeping sustained pressure on the French government.
Organizers have called a further strike and day of protest for Tuesday, November 17, the eighth anniversary of the start of the 2018 Yellow Vests movement.
Related: France Protests Enter Fourth Weekend: 146,000 March Nationwide
(Source: AFP)
Source: AFP
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Photo: 图：2026年11月5日，巴黎示威者举着「11月5日罢工，为了胜利」横幅游行，埃菲尔铁塔在旁，本轮抗议浪潮已持续五个周末。照片：FreCha 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Protesters march in Paris on Nov. 5, 2026, carrying a banner reading "On strike Nov. 5, to win," with the Eiffel Tower alongside, during the protest wave that has now run five weekends. Photo by FreCha, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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