Disorder broke out in cities across the country on a day in which more than half a million joined cost of living protests.

France responds to ICE's criticism of protests with U.S. gun crime statistics as Trump blames unrest on migrants.

Over 500,000 people took part in protests in France over the weekend, which became marred by violence, amid demonstrations against rising living costs.

President to meet for first time with student representatives on Friday before further protests.

France is facing internal unrest as protests highlight its economic challenges. Students have led mostly peaceful blockades, but these have evolved into broader social upheaval over issues like the high cost of living.

As riots that followed France's nationwide cost-of-living protests in October 2026 saw thousands of shops and public buildings looted and vandalised in the country's worst urban unrest in decades, social media posts falsely circulated a clip purportedly showing a French protester justifying attacks against Chinese-owned shops because of their wealth.

France is facing a mounting economic crisis that pushed its 10-year government bond yield to a new 24-year high on Thursday.

French authorities yesterday imposed bans or restrictions on fresh protests springing up in the wake of demonstrations last weekend that degenerated into