Overview
- On Saturday thousands marched across France for a fourth consecutive weekend, with organizers and police offering wide-ranging turnout estimates and authorities keeping about 70,000 police and gendarmes on duty.
- Most demonstrations followed authorized routes in Paris from Place de la République to Place de la Nation, but small groups clashed with police at the end of the march, triggering tear gas use, arrests and about 200 people involved in street fights in the capital.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has called meetings at Matignon for Monday with unions, employers and student representatives to discuss salary, purchasing power and education demands, and the government has floated a net minimum wage target of around €1,500.
- Lawyers for injured demonstrators announced they will file a complaint at the Court of Justice of the Republic against Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez over policing tactics and the use of weapons they say caused serious injuries.
- Repeated weekend actions have forced shops to board windows and closed multiple Île-de-France train stations, unions have announced further strikes for Tuesday and the disruptions threaten trade and transit ahead of the holiday season.