Over 100,000 people took part in protests across France on November 14 — Interior Ministry

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The largest rally took place in Paris, where, according to ministry estimates, 24,000 people took to the streets

PARIS, November 14. /TASS/. Rallies against rising prices and police violence drew 106,000 participants across France, the CNEWS television channel reported, citing the country’s Interior Ministry.

The largest rally took place in Paris, where, according to ministry estimates, 24,000 people took to the streets. While the atmosphere remained relatively calm for most of the event, clashes with police broke out toward the end of the march, prompting officers to use stun grenades and tear gas to disperse groups of aggressive hooligans.

Unrest also occurred in several other major cities, where marches were called by the Yellow Vests movement, as well as by university and high school student associations. In Nantes, police deployed a water cannon to disperse the crowd, and reports of skirmishes with law enforcement also came in from Bordeaux and Lyon.

Mass protests have been underway in France since late September, when school students began blockading educational institutions to express dissatisfaction with their poor condition, overloaded schedules, and a shortage of teachers for certain subjects. In October, trade unions also began staging protests, demanding wage hikes and calling on the authorities to scrap further austerity measures.

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