- Hundreds of people have been arrested in France during nationwide protests against rising living costs, inequality, and weak public spending.
- The unrest originally began last month at high schools in northern Paris over teacher shortages and shabby facilities before expanding into a broader national movement.
- In Lyon, protesters set the tourism office alight, while in Marseille, a crowd stormed city hall and painted an ‘A’ for anarchy on the wall.
- Police deployed tear gas and a water cannon and arrested at least 270 people.
- The protests echo the 2018 Yellow Vest movement, mounting further pressure on President Emmanuel Macron as high public debt pushes French borrowing costs to 20-year highs.
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