France Sees Massive Nationwide Protests as Workers and Students Rally Against Government Policies

11/06/2026

Key demands include higher wages, better working conditions, increased public spending and an end to cuts in public services as demonstrations spread across France.

11/06/2026

Students, workers and union members marched across France, demanding fair wages and supporting protests over the education system.

11/06/2026

Workers and students demand economic reforms as the government faces a deepening budget crisis Protests involving hundreds of thousands of demonstrators spiraled into violence across France on...

11/06/2026

Amid demonstrations by French students and workers over economic conditions, many recall the protests of May 1968, which still echo in French society and politics.

11/05/2026

Hundreds of demonstrations took place across France on Thursday, escalating weeks of protests against the rising cost of living.

11/05/2026

An estimated million-plus people have taken to the streets of Paris and other French cities as students, workers and retirees continue their protests.

11/05/2026

Thousands of government workers, teachers, transport employees and other union workers in France walked off the job Thursday to express their frustration with low wages and the high cost of living.

11/05/2026

"Everything is going up except wages and pensions," the country’s main unions said. "Anger is immense."

11/05/2026

Police fired tear gas and fires broke out as at least 575,000 turned out to protest across France

11/05/2026

The Eiffel Tower closed as strikes and protests over rising living costs spread across France.

11/05/2026

Hundreds of thousands have joined nationwide demonstrations over rising living costs, with tear gas, water cannons and mass arrests reported Mass demonstrations over wages, rising living costs,...

11/05/2026

Teachers, transport employees and other union workers walked off the job on Thursday, joining massive nationwide protests over wages and the cost of living. Ramy Inocencio reports from Paris, France.

11/05/2026

France has been rocked by escalating cost-of-living protests and violent unrest since September French police have used batons and tear gas against demonstrators in Lyon as violent clashes erupted...