# Hundreds detained in nationwide protests over French budget cuts

https://mins.news/en/video/80506

- CNA, 2026-09-30 14:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyKuIK2mLM0

> Protests against the French government’s planned budget cuts spread across the country, drawing about 200,000 people into the streets on Sep. 29. More than 400 people were detained, most of them minors, as public-sector workers and firefighters joined students in demonstrations and school blockades.

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