Overview

• Thousands mobilized at dawn to block strategic routes in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Montpellier, Lille and Caen, leading to confrontations with police.
• Authorities reported a deployment of about 80,000 officers nationwide and reinforced security around the Élysée, the National Assembly and the Senate.
• Paris recorded more than 70 arrests in the early hours as police cleared attempts to shut a bus depot and parts of the ring road.
• Incidents included tear gas after protesters cut Lyon’s M7, efforts to block Marseille’s Saint‑Charles station, and actions targeting an Amazon facility in Lille.
• Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau visited the Rungis wholesale market to safeguard freight movements and said several planned blockades were prevented in Paris and Bordeaux.