Demonstrators marched across France for a sixth straight Saturday, with the Interior Ministry counting 106,000 people nationwide, including 24,000 in Paris, as of about 5:00 p.m. local time, the lowest figure of the current protest wave, while organisers put the turnout at 200,000, including 100,000 in Paris, SVT reported via the TT news agency. The marches raised varied demands centred on the high cost of living, shortcomings in the school system and police brutality, with a proposed bill on police use of weapons in self-defence also a concern. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said about 70,000 police officers were on duty, and no violence had been reported on Saturday afternoon.
France protests draw 106,000 in sixth Saturday of marches
France's Interior Ministry counted 106,000 demonstrators across the country on Saturday, including 24,000 in Paris, the lowest turnout of the current Saturday protest wave, while organisers put the total at 200,000.
Why it matters: A sixth straight Saturday of nationwide marches, even at a shrinking size, keeps cost of living and public services pressure on the government, and the turnout trend is now the measure of whether the movement is fading or settling in.
Data as of SVT's report of November 14, 2026, in Swedish, sourced to the TT news agency and read in full via the estate browser route: the Interior Ministry's count as of about 5:00 p.m. local time, the organisers' count, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez's figure of about 70,000 police on duty, and the report that no violence had been reported on Saturday afternoon. Le Monde's report of the same day could not be read (blocked to this reader); its headline carries the same Interior Ministry figure of 106,000 and the same themes, but no detail was taken from it. Single full source, at grade C. Developing item.
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- Frustration präglar nya protester i Paris (Frustration marks new protests in Paris) - SVT, via TT - 2026-11-14