Twenty businesses damaged on Saturday according to the CCI France, while high school and university students are calling for blockages for the coming days.
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New day of social mobilization in France for purchasing power and the defense of public services.
The CCI (Chamber of Commerce and Industry) France suggests that, on Saturday, twenty businesses in all countries were affected by damage on the sidelines of the demonstrations. This is much less than in previous weeks: a previous report reported 2,488 businesses impacted on October 17 and 24.
From AFP, CCI France estimates that the drop in turnover of businesses located near the demonstrations is between -60% and -80% compared to a normal Saturday.
At the head of the organization Les lycéens!, Pierre Sourzat called this Sunday on RMC for a blockade of establishments from Monday. “It will be more from Tuesday, but we know that there are high schools which will be blocked from tomorrow. And we support all our comrades,” he said while the High School Union (USL) and the Student Union called on Saturday to block high schools and universities on Tuesday and then Thursday, November 5, an inter-professional strike day.
Hello and welcome to se live the day after the new day of mobilization for purchasing power and the defense of public services. “The processions went well within the framework of the declared demonstrations,” the Interior Ministry said on Saturday evening. Minister Laurent Nuñez also deplored the “unbelievable violence” of “several hundred thugs” and announced that some 565 people had been arrested in France.
The CCI (Chamber of Commerce and Industry) France suggests that, on Saturday, twenty businesses in all countries were affected by damage on the sidelines of the demonstrations. This is much less than in previous weeks: a previous report reported 2,488 businesses impacted on October 17 and 24.
From AFP, CCI France estimates that the drop in turnover of businesses located near the demonstrations is between -60% and -80% compared to a normal Saturday.
At the head of the organization Les lycéens!, Pierre Sourzat called this Sunday on RMC for a blockade of establishments from Monday. “It will be more from Tuesday, but we know that there are high schools which will be blocked from tomorrow. And we support all our comrades,” he said while the High School Union (USL) and the Student Union called on Saturday to block high schools and universities on Tuesday and then Thursday, November 5, an inter-professional strike day.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Blockages of high schools and universities
Likely · Within days
Interprofessional strike day
Very likely · Within days

Faced with social anger and strikes in the fall, the French inter-union is calling for a major day of strike and demonstrations on November 5 for wages and public services, affecting transport, education, health and banks.

Several student and high school unions are carrying out new blockades in high schools and universities in Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Paris and Marseille, ahead of Thursday's inter-professional strike for purchasing power.
Two days before a national general strike on Thursday, the railway unions are meeting on Tuesday with the management of the SNCF to demand a catch-up of inflation on salaries for 2026. Inflation is proven to be +3.4% over 12 months in October, compared to 1.3% planned in the NAO agreement. Unsa is demanding an increase of 2.6% retroactive to July 1.

France is facing a week of strong social mobilization marked by blockades of high schools and universities, a day of inter-professional strike on Thursday and actions by yellow vests at the end of the week.

Summary of the news: Jean-Luc Mélenchon's attacks against the media, the demonstrations punctuated by violence on October 31, and the reaction of the mayor of Limoges Guillaume Guérin after the fire in his town hall.

More than 300,000 people demonstrated in France for purchasing power and public services. Despite mostly calm processions, clashes and arrests took place in Paris, Marseille and Lyon.