The third round of the national demonstrations in France was held on Saturday, November 9 and parallel to Halloween night in the cities of Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Marseille and several other cities, during which, as in the previous weeks, police and demonstrators clashed at the end of the marches.
According to Reuters, riot police intervened in Paris to disperse groups of protesters and fired tear gas in Lyon and Toulouse. Tensions were also reported in Marseille at the end of an unauthorized rally.
These protests were held in the presence of students, labor unions and members of the yellow vest movement and in response to the increase in the cost of living, high fuel prices, inflation and the poor state of public services.
The French Interior Ministry put the number of participants at 320,000 across the country, including 70,000 in Paris. This number was 410 thousand people last week and 550 thousand people on October 17. These protests continued after the riots and looting of shops on October 17; The events that led to the destruction of shops, public buildings and businesses in various cities in France.