Eleanor Beardsley

Protests last weekend were marred by violence, with shops looted and cars set on fire.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the main protest march is underway right now in Paris.

In Paris, the route of the protest march was changed by authorities at the last minute to avoid central business districts.

Protesting is banned entirely in cities like Lille, Nice, Montpellier and Lyon.

Many accuse the government of trampling on fundamental rights.

But President Emmanuel Macron, who has been seen as largely absent from this crisis, is doing everything to avoid a repeat of October 17, where roving bands of youth fought with police, destroyed property and looted.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

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More than 70,000 police officers have been deployed across France today amid ongoing demonstrations over school staffing shortages and the cost of living.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports several cities, including parts of Paris, have issued curfews for minors.

Many Paris shopkeepers, still reeling from the destruction and violence of last weekend, have boarded up their stores.

In Lyon, Nice and Montpellier, marches have been banned for security reasons.

He said the government would work with them to find solutions.

But critics say he has already lost French youth.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

Stocks on Wall Street ended the week mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting a slight gain despite a sharp drop on Friday.

France is deploying 70,000 police to secure streets during tomorrow's protest marches.

As NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports, there's a curfew for minors in several cities, including parts of Paris.

The Louvre and several other major Paris museums will be closed Saturday.

Many Paris shopkeepers still reeling from the destruction and violence of last weekend have boarded up their stores.

He said the government would work with them to find solutions.

But critics say he has already lost French youth.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

On Wall Street, stocks finished down across the board.

The French government says it is preparing vast security measures for Saturday's nationwide demonstrations.

The protesters are being led by what are known as the Yellow Vests, a movement that dogged President Emmanuel Macron during his first term, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.

Along with tens of thousands of police, security operations will be reinforced by Operation Sentinel, a military contingent that patrolled French streets after the terrorist attacks in 2015.

President Macron held a security meeting this morning over the crisis that is casting a dark cloud over the waning days of his presidency.

for letting the violence get out of control and for the underlying conditions motivating the protesters.

What began in mid-September as a student protest for improved facilities and more teachers has ballooned into a general movement involving unions and public sector workers against the high cost of living and what they say are growing inequalities.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

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The French government is deploying 70,000 police to secure streets during tomorrow's protest marches.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports there's a curfew for minors in several cities, including parts of Paris.

The Louvre and several other major Paris museums will be closed Saturday.

Many Paris shopkeepers still reeling from the destruction and violence of last weekend have boarded up their stores.

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What began as a strike by high school students and teachers in a Paris suburb has ballooned into nationwide protests and In many cases, destructive riots across France.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports France's prime minister says local authorities can counter who he calls

delinquents and thugs.

The curfew includes Paris' Place de la République, a central gathering point that has seen some of the worst skirmishes between protesters and police, as well as destruction and looting.

Far right leader Marine Le Pen said the interior minister was not prepared and should resign.

The prime minister says ultra-left radical groups are trying to create chaos ahead of the next presidential election.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

Masked youth and black bloc demonstrators broke off from peaceful rallies, building barricades out of cafe furniture, setting street bins ablaze, and smashing storefronts and luxury arcades.