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Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live

The Guardian World · 18 October 2026 at 12:40

Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live

Interior minister says ‘the Republic will not yield’ to France’s worst protests in years A dispatch here from Sam Jones, our reporter in Madrid, as protests have spread to Italy and Portugal The angry protests that have convulsed Spain and France in recent weeks have spilled over to Italy and Portugal , with rioters clashing with police and setting property on fire in Milan, and a tent encampment springing up in Lisbon over the weekend.

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Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live

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