🇫🇷 The number of protesters yesterday across France is estimated between 600,000 and 1.6 million.
220 demonstrations have been announced throughout the country, and 40,000 to 80,000 people are expected on the streets of Paris. About 16% of the teachers went on strike, and education is disrupted in a third of the universities. In the town of Turnfail, protesters set fire to a school building; The fire was extinguished and no injuries were reported. In Lyon, about 500 rioters smashed the windows of a job center and clashed with the police.
Authorities deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes to maintain order.