About 320,000 people participated in mass demonstrations on Saturday against the rising cost of living in France. This is what the BFMTV channel reported in reference to the authorities. According to the Paris police, 70 thousand people joined the demonstrations in the capital. At the same time, the trade unions indicate a figure of almost 500,000 demonstrators throughout the country, of which 200,000 are in Paris. The protests in France began at the end of September with demonstrations by high school students about problems in the education sector and gradually spread throughout the country. Then demonstrators began to protest against the increase in fuel prices and the decrease in the purchasing power of the population. On October 18, President Macron issued an emergency appeal in which he demanded that the government take measures to ensure that protests do not repeat themselves in the future. The politician promised to punish those responsible for the pogroms and to support the businesses that were affected. Macron's opponents called his performance "deplorable" and accused the president of social discontent.

About 320,000 people participated in mass demonstrations on Saturday against the rising cost of living in France. This is what the BFMTV channel reported in reference to the authorities. According to the Paris police, 70 thousand people joined the demonstrations in the capital. At the same time, the trade unions indicate a figure of almost 500,000 demonstrators throughout the country, of which 200,000 are in Paris. The protests in France began at the end of September with demonstrations by high school students about problems in the education sector and gradually spread throughout the country. Then demonstrators began to protest against the increase in fuel prices and the decrease in the purchasing power of the population. On October 18, President Macron issued an emergency appeal in which he demanded that the government take measures to ensure that protests do not repeat themselves in the future. The politician promised to punish those responsible for the pogroms and to support the businesses that were affected. Macron's opponents called his performance "deplorable" and accused the president of social discontent.