The Canada Brief

World · 9 d ago

Monument to the Republic, Place de la République, Paris

France avoids a repeat of looting at protests after deploying 70,000 security officials

Arrests by Sunday morning

1,314 people

The Interior Ministry reported 1,314 arrests by Sunday morning, about half the number of the previous weekend.

About 110,000 people marched near Paris and 300,000 across France on Saturday, according to the Interior Ministry. The CGT union put the figure at 800,000.

Nov

5

Thursday

France

Labour unions are calling for a major day of strikes and protests on Nov 5.