French protests renew... and attention turns to wages

Thousands demonstrated in France against the high cost of living and to demand support for young people, two days before a government meeting with unions and employers to discuss wages. In Paris, a union march proceeded calmly from Place de la République to Place de la Nation, while police surrounded a gathering of the "Yellow Vests" movement at Place de la Concorde and arrested one of its leaders in front of the National Assembly. Authorities deployed 70,000 police and security personnel, and attention is now focused on the social conference called by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday with union and employer representatives.