Chaos erupts in France as barricades set ablaze and 'police fire tear gas'
Chaos erupted in the streets of several major cities in France as police and protesters clashed. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets today across France. The main marches are set to start in the afternoon, and are to see protesters against rising living costs joining high school students who have been lamenting the conditions of the education system and their classrooms for more than three weeks. Saturday’s mobilisation follows calls on social media to revive the yellow vest movement, which emerged in 2018.
TL;DR
- Protests and clashes occurred in major French cities.
- Hundreds of thousands of people were expected to march across France.
- Protesters against rising living costs joined high school students.
- The students were protesting conditions in the education system.
- The mobilization was encouraged by social media calls to revive the 2018 yellow vest movement.