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190 000 people could demonstrate this Saturday in France. They called for street demonstrations Saturday against rising living costs, joining high school students' grievances over education conditions after more than three weeks of school blockades.
Demonstrations began in mid-September at schools and have expanded, tapping into wider grievances.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to protest across France on Saturday, as students, trade unionists and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement join forces to demonstrate against high prices and the country's fraying social model.
French police used tear gas and batons to try to drive protesters from the streets in Paris, Marseille and Lyon as demonstrators staged unsanctioned marches and tried to block traffic with impromptu barricades Saturday. Tens of thousands of people are expected to demonstrate across France as students, trade union members and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement join forces to protest rising cost of living. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
As student protests converge with broader public discontent over the rising cost of living in France, Genie Godula is joined by Sébastien Vieille, national secretary of the SNALC teachers’ union. He offers an assessment of a movement confronting political uncertainty, deteriorating school infrastructure and mounting fiscal constraints. Speaking from Montbéliard in eastern France, Vieille questions whether alliances with larger protest movements, including the Yellow Vests, will strengthen students’ demands or ultimately make them "less visible".
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