Overview

• About 250 rallies were held across the country, with the main Paris march moving from Bastille toward République and then Nation.
• Authorities deployed more than 80,000 police and gendarmes along with drones, water cannon trucks and up to 24 Centaure armored vehicles.
• Clashes erupted in Paris where shop windows were targeted and a bank on Boulevard Voltaire was damaged, and police reported more than 50 arrests nationwide.
• Rail operations were sharply reduced as SNCF halved Intercity services and cut regional TER trains, while metro and bus traffic slowed and air travel mostly ran normally after the controllers' strike was postponed.
• Major attractions in Paris curtailed access, with the Eiffel Tower closed for the day and partial closures at the Louvre and other museums.