“A Third Weekend Of Protests In France As Youth-Led Rallies Sweep Europe”

Key points

• Hundreds of thousands protested nationwide in France on Saturday amid living-cost and education grievances.
• Paris and other cities saw mostly peaceful marches, with some clashes and tear gas late in the day.
• Authorities deployed about 320,000 police and gendarmes after warnings of disorder risk after dark.
• Previous weekends drew higher turnout: Oct. 17 had 550,000 and Oct. 24 had 410,000, per government estimates.
• protests also occurred in Germany, Portugal, and the Netherlands.