France says 410,000 join protests, Union puts turnout at 800,000
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24/10/2026 20:00|French authorities estimated that 410,000 people took part in nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living on Saturday, including 110,000 in Paris, the Interior Ministry said.
The General Confederation of Labor (CGT), one of the unions organizing the rallies, estimated that 800,000 people participated nationwide, including 250,000 in the French capital.
The competing estimates reflect a significant difference in the reported scale of the demonstrations, with the union's figure nearly double that of the Interior Ministry.
