ParisOver 1,800 arrested in France, the interior minister says.
School blockades, a public-sector strike and yellow vest anger merged against President Emmanuel Macron.
Students want more teachers and smaller classes while the 2027 budget carries a 54 billion euro cost-cutting and tax package.
Vice President JD Vance blamed immigration on X, but protesters’ demands concern schools and living costs.
Macron gives an emergency televised address Sunday at 7pm UK time.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 900+ reports worldwide
- Deutsche Welle leans critical
- Aol leans critical
- frames the unrest as looting of luxury and grocery shops, with Dior hiring private security after police failed to stop it
- Al Jazeera Online
- traces the protests to school blockades that began in Paris' northern working-class suburbs over teacher shortages and poor facilities
Sources: Deutsche Welle, Aol, Al Jazeera Online