Workers and students demand economic reforms as the government faces a deepening budget crisis
Protests involving hundreds of thousands of demonstrators spiraled into violence across France on Thursday, amid growing anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies.
What started as student protests over education and deteriorating living conditions has since escalated into a nationwide revolt against soaring living costs and austerity measures, drawing in trade unions, pensioners, and Yellow Vest activists.
The Interior Ministry put Thursday’s turnout at around 600,000 – the largest since the unrest began in September – while the unions claimed nearly 1.6 million took part. Workers and students staged strikes across the country, demanding higher wages and pensions, better working conditions, increased funding for public services, and the scrapping of the government’s proposed 2027 austerity budget.
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