# France sees risk of violence at weekend protests, PM says

https://mins.news/en/item/101599

- Reuters, 2026-10-15 14:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/france-sees-risk-violence-weekend-protests-pm-says-2026-10-15/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ad0e37d9166110001b482ac

> French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Thursday that authorities feared unrest at protests planned for the weekend. He said the wave of demonstrations sweeping France no longer resembled a student movement but was “a movement of urban violence.”

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