3 hours ago · Paris
Mass protests challenge Macron as French police use tear gas and water cannons
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. NBC News Top Stories is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Paris. The first report grouped here was at 24 Oct 2026, 14:09 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Mass protests challenge Macron as French police use tear gas and water cannons”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
PARIS — More than 100,000 people marched in Paris on Saturday over school funding and soaring living costs, challenging President Emmanuel Macron’s government as police fired tear gas and water cannons near the end of the protest.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by NBC News Top Stories
Paris shuts Louvre and other museums as police deploy in big numbers for new protests across France
- New development reported by NBC News Top Stories
Mass protests challenge Macron as French police use tear gas and water cannons
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