# France Riots Over Cost of Living as Macron Urges Calm

https://mins.news/en/video/106250

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-10-19 12:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJz_96C5YFM

> More than 500,000 people demonstrated across France over soaring energy and living costs, with nearly 2,400 arrests. The unrest is adding pressure to Emmanuel Macron’s strained fiscal agenda.

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