France Protest

France Protest

A demonstrator reacts to tear gas near police forces guarding next to the parliament building amid an anti-government protest by students in Tirana, Albania, 16 October 2026. Photo: Reuters

French TV channels scramble to apologise after airing Albanian protests as Paris and Lyon

A CNEWS presenter subsequently apologised on air for what the channel described on its website as "a confusion of images"

A masked protester holds a French flag as French police use water cannons amid clashes during a demonstration on 13 October 2026. Photo: Reuters

Over 1,300 arrested as violence flares in Paris, protests sweep Europe

A man throws a plastic traffic cone through a burning barricade amid clashes during a day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students, teachers and parents demanding better school conditions and government action, as well as labour unions, workers, farmers and retirees, France, October 17, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Abdul Saboor

How France and Italy are holding parents liable for damage caused by their children

Masked protesters stand next to burning bicycles amid clashes during a demonstration against the cost of living and rising fuel prices near the Place de la Republique in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the 'Yellow Vests' movement, joined by French high school and university students, teachers and parents demanding better school conditions and government action, as well as labour unions, workers, farmers and retirees, in France, 17 October 2026. File Photo: Reuters

French league moves PSG-Lyon clash as Paris braces for fresh protests

A protester wearing a yellow vest holds a French flag in front of French riot police amid clashes during a day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students, teachers and parents demanding better school conditions and government action, as well as labour unions, workers, farmers and retirees, France, October 17, 2026. Photo: Reuters

France's Macron vows no repeat of riots as Yellow Vests mobilise

France's President Emmanuel Macron attends an Interministerial Crisis Meeting chaired by France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris, October 18, 2026. Photo: Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

France's unrest lays bare 'slow agony' of Macron's twilight months

Policemen detain a protester during a youth demonstration on Saturday (10 October 2026). Photo: Collected

How rising living costs, discontent with govts fuelling protests across Europe, Americas, Asia

French high school students, parents and teachers face French CRS riot police while blocking a street near the Lycee Helene-Boucher high school in Paris as part of an ongoing protest movement demanding better school conditions and government action, in France, October 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

France protests over school conditions and cost of living turn violent, 1,200 arrested

French high school students, parents and teachers face French CRS riot police while blocking a street near the Lycee Helene-Boucher high school in Paris as part of an ongoing protest movement demanding better school conditions and government action, in France, October 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

Students, trade unions and Yellow Vests set to protest across France

A total of 3,486 protesters were arrested, according to interior ministry figures. Photo: Reuters

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