# France braces for Halloween protests as shops board up storefronts

https://mins.news/en/item/123508

- France 24, 2026-10-31 07:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/france-braces-for-halloween-protests-shops-board-up-storefronts

> France prepared on Saturday for a third weekend of protests coinciding with Halloween. Shops boarded up their storefronts as authorities scrambled to prevent a repeat of the street violence that swept the country two weeks earlier.

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