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Overview
- President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday that only demonstrations organised by trade unions will be authorised for Saturday 24 October, and said other requests will be refused to help restore calm after violent episodes on 17 October.
- Regional prefects have issued a mix of bans and approvals: in Paris the prefecture authorised a CGT march between Bastille and Nation while banning a Bastille–Opéra route, and several cities including Lyon, Nice, Rouen and Le Havre have imposed full or sectoral prohibitions.
- The government has ordered a reinforced security operation for 24 October with roughly 20% more personnel than last week, plus Sentinelle troops, elite police and gendarmerie units, helicopters and armoured vehicles to deter repeat sacking and pillaging.
- Legal and political pushback is under way as administrative courts have already suspended at least one Paris ban and the Élysée has summoned intelligence services to explain failures of anticipation for the 17 October unrest.
- Local mayors and business groups are taking preventive steps such as centre‑city restrictions and curfews for minors while merchants face extra security costs, and financial markets showed strain after the unrest with France’s 10‑year yield rising above 5 percent.