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Mass protests sweep France as huge crowds demand higher wages

Mass protests sweep France as huge crowds demand higher wages
France 24 Friday 06 November 2026, 10:05 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Video contentVideo Mass protests sweep France as huge crowds demand higher wages Issued on: Share Hundreds of thousands of striking workers protested across France on Thursday, November 5, against the rising cost of living following weeks of youth-led demonstrations, with police firing tear gas as clashes broke out in some cities. FRANCE 24's Emily Boyle reports. [Image text:] ur FRANCE 24
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