France braces for more nationwide protests as Yellow Vests urge 'mass disobedience'

Home France To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 16:36 Issued on: 07/11/2026 - 14:29Modified: 07/11/2026 - 14:34 French unions and student groups are set to take to the streets for another day of protests on Saturday, while the Yellow Vests movement plans a separate rally in central Paris despite a ban by authorities. The demonstrations follow weeks of youth-led unrest and nationwide strikes that drew hundreds of thousands of workers protesting over the rising cost of living. Paul Smith, Associate Professor in French history and politics at the University of Nottingham, and James André, France 24 reporter at Place de la République, share further insights. Keywords for this article Video content Video France Video content Video France Video content Video France Video content Video France Video content Video France Video content Video France Video content Video France Video content Video France Video content Video France