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Are France's cost-of-living protests running out of steam?
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The interior ministry's count fell from 146,000 people last Saturday to 106,000 this Saturday, so the crowds are thinner.
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The youth intersyndicale counts higher, at 200,000 people nationwide. But by its own count, turnout also fell, from 250,000 the previous Saturday. Both sides agree the marches are smaller than before.
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Benjamin Ball of the gilets jaunes coordination disagrees with the fading story. We do not get the impression that the movement is running out of steam, but that it is taking root. Ball describes a whole population getting to its feet. A further day of strikes and demonstrations is planned for Tuesday, the seventeenth of November.
“We do not get the impression that the movement is running out of steam, but that it is taking root.”
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France's fifth 'acte V' protest draws 106,000 nationwide, 24,000 in Paris, ministry saysRead the article
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- BFMTVSocial anger: 106,000 people demonstrated in France this Saturday according to the Interior Ministry, 200,000 people mobilized according to the unions
- RTBFAct V of the social movement in France: a new Saturday of mobilization throughout the country
- LesEchos.frNovember 14 mobilization: 106,000 protesters in France according to the Interior, 200,000 according to the organizers
- rts.chFrance: more than 100,000 protesters against the high cost of living
- Notícias ao MinutoProtesters in Paris for the fifth consecutive weekend
- Le Monde.frNovember 14 demonstrations: 106,000 people marched Saturday throughout France, according to the Interior Ministry, against the high cost of living, for the protection of children or more resources for education