France braced for more protests with unions, farmers and Yellow Vests set to join students

• Huge protests expected : Far-left groups, unions, farmers and Yellow Vest protestors have promised to join students in France in what could be one of the largest nationwide mobilizations since protests erupted in September. Tens of thousands are expected to take to the streets across the country.

• Simmering anger: The government has struggled to contain the student protests, which started in support of striking teachers at a suburban high school to the north of Paris before snowballing into a national crisis and attracting global attention.

• Police under scrutiny: Anger among those on the streets has been fueled by police tactics, with videos showing officers beating students, launching tear gas and water cannon at crowds of young people.

All eyes on the police ahead of fresh protests

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Videos of police officers beating students, launching tear gas, water cannon and baton charges at crowds of young people have shocked France in recent weeks.

Images of a teenager in Lens, north France, who reportedly lost a hand to a police grenade and another who was shot in the face with a police tear-gas grenade at near-point-blank range have left many reeling.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez ordered the temporary suspension of one type of stun grenade by police following the loss of the boy’s hand. That ban - which still allowed police to use several different grenades - has now been rescinded.

There have been signs of the police trying a new approach. Some police units have taken to removing their riot helmets to present a softer image, although officers without helmets still clashed with young protesters outside Paris on Friday morning.

While student representatives remain fixed on obtaining tangible results for the education sector, police violence and a government many feel is not listening to them is fuelling the anger of many on the streets.

Given the call for Yellow Vest protestors to join Saturday’s events, there are fears of more violence. Some 900 police officers have been injured in the recent weeks’ protests. According to the interior ministry, only 248 students have been injured, prompting public skepticism.

Some police units have been confiscating handmade signs at protest events, eliciting accusations of limits on free speech. In a conversation with high schoolers organised by French newspaper Le Parisien, Nuñez said that such practices (when signs were not insulting or could not be used as a weapon) was “not normal.”

Host of other protesters set to join students for demonstrations across France

France is braced for massive protests after weeks of student-led anger on the streets.

But today’s protesters are set to be broader, with the far left, unions, farmers and Yellow Vests having promised to join students Saturday, with some 500 protest events planned nationwide.

Many will be marching in solidarity with the weeks-long student protests, which have faced heavy handed policing.

Calls for protests have also been driven by the high price of gas. Authorities are warning of a “convergence of causes” according to CNN affiliate BFMTV.

Authorities expect up to 100,000 protestors on Saturday outside the capital, with tens of thousands more within Paris. The student-led protests have been the largest in years in France, with no sign yet of an off ramp for the anger coursing through France.

Paris’ police have banned marches targeting Place de la Concorde, which sits beside the presidential palace.

“It’s not normal,” Coppélia Moreau, from the organising committee of the Paris region Interfac student organisation, said Friday of the decision to ban some of the proposed routes, accusing the government of hypocrisy.

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预计将爆发大规模抗议：极左翼团体、工会、农民和“黄背心”运动的抗议者承诺将加入法国学生的行列，这可能成为自9月抗议活动爆发以来规模最大的全国性动员之一。预计将有数万人走上全国各地的街头。

• 暗流涌动的愤怒：政府一直努力控制学生抗议活动，这些抗议活动最初是为了声援巴黎北部郊区一所高中的罢工教师，后来迅速演变成一场全国性危机，并引起了全球的关注。

• 警方受到审查：警方的策略激起了街头民众的愤怒，视频显示警察殴打学生，向年轻人群体发射催泪瓦斯和水炮。

新一轮抗议活动即将爆发，各方目光聚焦警方。

Stephanie Lecocq/路透社

近几周来，警察殴打学生、向年轻人群体发射催泪瓦斯、高压水炮和警棍的视频震惊了法国。

据报道，法国北部朗斯市一名青少年被警方投掷的手榴弹炸断了一只手，另一名青少年在近距离被警方投掷的催泪瓦斯弹击中面部，这些画面令许多人感到震惊。

在一名男孩失去一只手后，内政部长洛朗·努涅斯下令警方暂时停用一种眩晕弹。这项禁令——当时警方仍可使用其他几种手榴弹——现已被撤销。

有迹象表明警方正在尝试一种新的策略。一些警队已经开始摘下防暴头盔，以展现更为温和的形象，尽管如此，周五上午在巴黎郊外，一些未戴头盔的警员仍然与年轻的抗议者发生了冲突。

尽管学生代表们仍然致力于为教育领域争取切实成果，但警察暴力和许多人认为不听取他们意见的政府正在加剧街头许多人的愤怒。

鉴于“黄背心”运动的抗议者被呼吁参加周六的活动，人们担心会发生更多暴力事件。在最近几周的抗议活动中，约有900名警察受伤。而据内政部称，只有248名学生受伤，这引发了公众的质疑。

一些警察部门在抗议活动中没收自制标语，引发了对言论自由的限制的指责。在法国《巴黎人报》组织的一次与高中生的对话中，努涅斯表示，这种做法（当标语不具侮辱性或不能被用作武器时）“并不正常”。

许多其他抗议者计划加入学生的行列，在法国各地举行示威活动。

在学生领导的街头抗议活动持续数周后，法国正严阵以待，准备应对大规模抗议活动。

但今天的抗议者范围将会更广，极左翼、工会、农民和“黄背心”运动人士都承诺将在周六加入学生的行列，全国计划举行约 500 场抗议活动。

许多人将参加游行，声援持续数周的学生抗议活动，这些抗议活动遭到了警方的强力镇压。

高油价也是引发抗议活动的原因之一。据CNN附属电视台BFMTV报道，当局警告称，这是“多种因素交织的结果”。

当局预计周六首都郊外将有多达10万名抗议者，巴黎市内也将有数万人参与。这场由学生领导的抗议活动是法国近年来规模最大的，目前仍未见平息席卷全法国的愤怒情绪的迹象。

巴黎警方已禁止以协和广场为目标的游行，该广场毗邻总统府。

“这不正常，”巴黎地区 Interfac 学生组织组委会的 Coppélia Moreau 周五表示，她指的是政府禁止部分拟议路线的决定，并指责政府虚伪。

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