Live - France: strike and demonstrations against the cost of living, and the interior minister vows a firm response to any "violation".
French unions have called for public and private sector workers to strike on Thursday, urging young people and pensioners to join upcoming demonstrations against the cost of living and rising prices, while the government is expected to provide concrete solutions. Marilyn Lyon, the general secretary of the French Democratic Federation of Labour, expected this mobilization to be "strong and broad". The Minister of the Interior, Loren Nunez, said for his part that he had ordered the deployment of 70,000 police and gendarmerie personnel, and vowed "a response of maximum determination" to any "violation". Follow our live coverage.
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