The French Ministry of the Interior provided new data on the number of protest participants, at least 600,000 people took to the streets of the city. Earlier it was reported that 270 thousand activists participated in the demonstrations that took place in the first half of the day. The CNews TV channel, citing the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic, reports that one of the largest demonstrations is taking place in Paris - tens of thousands of people gathered in the Place de la République. Labor unions joined the protests, demanding higher wages and the authorities abandoning additional measures to save costs.