# Mass protests challenge Macron as French police use tear gas and water cannons

https://mins.news/en/item/114127

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-24 16:12 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/4eLjLYb

> More than 100,000 people marched in Paris and other French cities on Saturday to protest school funding and rising living costs. Police used tear gas and water cannons.

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