France is recruiting 70,000 security agents in the face of a new wave of anti-government protests.
The French government mobilized this coming Saturday (11/14) 70,000 police and gendarmerie personnel, in view of the fifth day in a row of weekly demonstrations against the rising cost of living and government policies.
According to the Minister of the Interior, Loren Nunez, between 50 and 60 demonstrations are planned throughout the country. The mobilizations are union meetings, students and members of the yellow vest movement, against the background of growing social dissatisfaction with Emmanuel Macron's government.
The security apparatus comes after weeks of clashes, school blockades and reports of police violence, deepening the French social and political crisis.