# France on high alert as mass protests loom

https://mins.news/en/item/113857

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-24 10:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/24/france-braces-for-another-day-of-mass-protests-as-security-on-high-alert?traffic_source=rss

> More than 70,000 police officers and gendarmes are due to be deployed across France for protests over worsening school conditions and the rising cost of living. Authorities banned marches in several cities, prompting objections from rights groups; parts of Paris’s transport network and major cultural institutions closed.

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