Overview

• Authorities counted nearly 200,000 protesters nationwide, while unions estimated roughly 250,000 across hundreds of actions.
• Demonstrations blocked roads and disrupted trains, with arson reported in Rennes and severed electric cables halting services in the southwest.
• Police used tear gas and made hundreds of arrests during clashes, with reports citing a deployment of about 80,000 officers.
• The mobilization targets Bayrou’s deficit package, which freezes welfare spending and scraps two public holidays.
• Following Bayrou’s failed confidence vote and resignation, Emmanuel Macron appointed Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, drawing vows of a no-confidence motion from France Unbowed and criticism from Marine Le Pen.