👤 Jon Henley in Paris

2026-10-19 · The Guardian · Politics

Ferocious criticism from all sides underlines Macron’s isolation

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2026-11-01 · The Guardian · Politics

Attempted murder probe after petrol bomb thrown at French riot police

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2026-10-23 · The Guardian · Politics

France to deploy 70,000 police on Saturday to prevent civil unrest

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2026-10-01 · The Guardian · Education

France school protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ as PM calls crisis cabinet meeting

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2026-10-30 · The Guardian · Politics

Cost of living protests to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Halloween

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2026-10-07 · The Guardian · Education

French police suspend use of stun grenades after high-school protester loses hand

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2026-10-01 · The Guardian

🔮 A fast-growing protest by high-school students over long hours, teacher shortages and decaying facilities has escalated into “urban violence”, the French government has warned, as it said many schools would switch to online classes to protect teachers and pupils. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Guardian

🔮 Lecornu on Tuesday condemned the violence and told parliament it could not be tolerated, while also rejecting accusations that the government had ordered “police repression” against the protesters. assertive

2026-10-19 · The Guardian

🔮 The centre-right’s Bruno Retailleau said Macron was “totally overwhelmed”, while on the radical left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon accused the president of relying on “inaction and police brutality” in doomed hopes that the protests would simply fizzle out. assertive

2026-10-23 · The Guardian

🔮 France will deploy about 70,000 police around the country on Saturday as the government seeks to prevent more civil unrest after some of the worst street violence in years erupted on the fringes of cost-of-living protests last weekend. assertive

2026-10-30 · The Guardian

🔮 Street protests sweeping Europe are expected to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Saturday, with police mobilised to stop potential looting and rioting on the fringes of what organisers hope will be peaceful rallies. assertive

2026-11-01 · The Guardian

🔮 In Germany, looters and rioters rampaged through Frankfurt, the country’s financial hub, damaging stores and injuring more than 100 police officers. “The rioters and looters will be identified and held accountable,” said Alexander Dobrindt, the hardline interior minister. assertive