BBC: French protests see numbers surge as unions join strikes over high cost of living

More than 600,000 protesters have taken part in rallies and marches across France, according to France’s interior ministry, with five unions joining a day of action demanding more money for wages and public services.

The left-wing CGT union put the number of people taking part in Thursday’s mobilisation at 1.57 million and hailed the figure as “a level unmatched” since 2023, citing big protests in Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux and Lille.

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Reuters Sabrine Kharbach, spokesperson for the Student Union, French CGT labour union leader Sophie Binet, and Suzanne Nijdam, president of Fage, attend a demonstration in Paris as part of a nationwide day of strikes and protests over wages, the cost of living and public services called by French labour unions, and joined by high school and university students demanding better school conditions, in France

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