1.6-600,000 people demonstrated today across France in about 220 planned demonstrations across the country. Between 40,000 and 80,000 people are expected in Paris. About 16% of the teachers went on strike, and activity in a third of the universities was disrupted. In the commune of Turnfeil, protesters set fire to a school building. The fire was extinguished and no one was injured. In Lyon, about 500 members of the Black Bloc movement smashed the windows of an employment center and clashed with the police. Authorities deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes to maintain order. The protests have been going on since October 17. Initially, they aimed at rising prices and problems in the education sector, but repeatedly escalated into clashes with the police and disturbances. NEXTA.

1.6-600,000 people demonstrated today across France in about 220 planned demonstrations across the country. Between 40,000 and 80,000 people are expected in Paris. About 16% of the teachers went on strike, and activity in a third of the universities was disrupted. In the commune of Turnfeil, protesters set fire to a school building. The fire was extinguished and no one was injured. In Lyon, about 500 members of the Black Bloc movement smashed the windows of an employment center and clashed with the police. Authorities deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes to maintain order. The protests have been going on since October 17. Initially, they aimed at rising prices and problems in the education sector, but repeatedly escalated into clashes with the police and disturbances. NEXTA.