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Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live

The Guardian World · 18 October 2026 at 10:15

Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live

Interior minister says ‘the Republic will not yield’ to France’s worst protests in years More than 1,800 people have been arrested in France over protests on Saturday, the country’s interior minister Laurent Nunez has said.

Nunez, in a post on X, said “the Republic will not yield” as more than 500 p

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Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live

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