More Than 100,000 Rally Across France in Cost-of-Living Protests

France's Interior Ministry said 106,000 people took part in cost-of-living protests across the country on November 14, 2026, including 24,000 in Paris. The rallies were organised by the Yellow Vests movement and by youth groups, according to Al Jazeera.

Turnout was lower than the previous week, when Al Jazeera reported 146,000 people took part nationwide and 46,000 in Paris. Student unions gave a higher count for November 14, putting attendance at 200,000 nationwide, including almost 100,000 in Paris.

Authorities said the protests stayed largely calm, although tear gas was used in Nantes, Bordeaux and Paris. In Marseille, protests had been banned over the weekend, but the prefecture, the local state administration, said about 3,500 people still took to the streets. Local media reported roughly 8,000 people marched in Lyon.

The protests followed a dispute over pay. Unions rejected a government promise to raise the statutory minimum wage, the legal floor on hourly pay, by 0.6 percent. They have since called a new day of strikes for Tuesday.