Cost-of-living demonstrations to grip pre-election France

Arab News · 16/10/2026 15:17:33

PARIS: After weeks of student protests, France is set to be swept by broader, nationwide demonstrations Saturday over the cost of living, setting up a potentially fraught period ahead of presidential elections next year. The prospect of the two movements merging, perhaps with outbreaks of violence, poses a big challenge to the government — and an opportunity for far-left and far-right presidential candidates jockeying for power. The country’s Yellow Vest movement, which eight years ago staged