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Despite this, widespread protests were still reported in Paris, [26] with a rally instead planned for Place d'Italie in southern Paris at 6pm that evening, [98] [24] at which demonstrators chanted, once again, for Macron to resign, and "Macron is going to break down, we are going to win". [100] 4,000 were present. [96]
For British travellers in France, the Foreign Office is warning: “Industrial action may start the evening before the strike day and run for several days.” The latest walk-out is due to end at ...
On 9 June 2024, the National Rally party headed by Jordan Bardella, obtained 31.36% of the votes in the European parliamentary elections, causing French President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly and call for new legislative elections in two rounds on 30 June and 7 July 2024, to elect the 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic.
The first demonstrations occurred on 16 October 2022, when tens of thousands of people marched in Paris to protest the rising cost of living, during an increasing political situation manifested by strikes at oil refineries and nuclear power plants that threatened to spread. [7]
The Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited tourist sites in the world, closed on Monday as staff went on strike in protest against the way the Paris monument is managed financially, disappointing ...
Last month, a strike by oil refinery workers caused nationwide fuel shortages that disrupted lives and businesses. Striking subway workers shut down half of the Paris Metro lines Thursday, a ...
Protesters planned to besiege Paris starting January 29. Some Occitan activists from Lot-et-Garonne of the Rural coordination [ fr ] of Agen (Karine Duc and José Perez) even managed to enter the Rungis market (near Paris ) but they were immediately arrested by the police.
There are rumblings that rideshare drivers and/or taxi drivers could strike Friday morning, form a slow-moving convoy in eastern Paris, and bring major roads in the capital to a standstill — in ...