France’s Far-Left Protests on Halloween Descend Into Violence as Unrest Spreads Across Europe
Far-left groups once again drove the violence in France, the interior minister said, as similar turmoil hit Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy.
Tens of thousands of left-wing demonstrators marched in Paris and other French cities for the third consecutive weekend. The Interior Ministry reported 320,000 demonstrators nationwide and 565 arrests, citing rioters and looters driven by the ultra-left and radical far-left. Student unions are calling for further blockades of educational institutions.
- Tens of thousands of left-wing demonstrators marched across France for a third straight weekend.
- Protests were marked by a Molotov cocktail attack on a gendarme and clashes in several major cities.
- The Interior Ministry counted 320,000 demonstrators nationwide, with 70,000 in Paris.
- By 9 p.m., 565 people had been arrested nationwide.
- The Interior Minister stated that rioters and looters, many driven by the ultra-left, attacked police with the goal of reaching city centers with “unheard-of violence.”
- Far-left student unions are calling for new blockades of high schools and universities starting Tuesday.
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