France protests begin under heavy security as police seek to prevent fresh unrest
By Juliette Jabkhiro and Alessandro Parodi PARIS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Demonstrators took to the streets of France on Saturday under the watch of 70,000 police officers, with unrest appearing markedly less severe than a week earlier despite scattered confrontations in several cities. Tens of thousands of people marched peacefully through the French capital, according to police numbers, denouncing the high cost of living and accusing President Emmanuel Macron of cutting public services while failing to tackle rising inequality. "Down with the state, the police and the fascists," some of the…
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