Nationwide protests over cost of living turn violent across France, Macron vows prosecutions

Demonstrations against inflation and the rising cost of living, swelled by weeks of student protests, drew about 550,000 people nationwide on October 17 according to the interior ministry, or 800,000 by the CGT union's count, with roughly 400 arrests. Rioters set a tourist office ablaze in Lyon, stormed town halls in Marseille and Limoges, and looted shops in Paris, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux and Lille. President Macron said there is no room for violence in the Republic and vowed that those who attacked prefectures, businesses and town halls would be prosecuted.

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