Overview

• Authorities deployed about 80,000 officers nationwide as demonstrations spread across Paris, Nantes, Toulouse, Marseille and dozens of other cities.
• Police reported roughly 473 people detained across the country, including about 203 in Paris, with 339 held overnight and 13 officers injured.
• Turnout estimates ranged from about 175,000 cited by the interior ministry to as many as 250,000 claimed by organizers, with student participation highlighted.
• Transport and services were disrupted with 110 flights canceled, significant train delays, temporary closures at Gare du Nord, and shutdowns at the Musée d’Orsay and parts of the Louvre, plus roughly 130 high schools closed.
• Protests featured clashes, tear gas and black bloc groups, with fires and property damage reported in multiple cities, and unions signaled plans for further mobilizations next week as chants of “Macron démission” echoed in marches.