Paris shuts museums and police deploy in big numbers for new protests across France

French authorities deployed up to 70,000 officers nationwide on Saturday as new protests followed last week’s violent unrest. Major Paris museums closed, and organizers canceled Art Basel’s weekend program; some rallies were banned while marches were scheduled in Paris and Marseille. The demonstrations, which began over school staffing, have expanded to grievances about living costs and public services ahead of next spring’s presidential election.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the deployment would include helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons.

More than half a million people took to the streets the previous week, and about 3,000 shops across France were damaged or looted.

Authorities moved the Paris march route to the city’s southeastern edges, away from central neighborhoods affected by the previous Saturday’s violence.

Two suspects in the fire that nearly destroyed Limoges’ 19th-century city hall were placed under formal investigation and held pending trial; the probe includes attempted murder of a public official.

The protests began last month at a high school southeast of Paris over a lack of staff, then spread to other suburbs and towns; students have also called for university admissions reform.

Published Oct 24, 2026 6:53 pm KST

A French police officer stands next to Centaure multi-purpose intervention armored vehicles of the French Gendarmerie Nationale, near the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris ahead of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement joined by French high school and university students, against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, France, Oct. 24, 202. Reuters-Yonhap

PARIS — Major museums in Paris closed and authorities deployed a sizable police force for a round of new protests Saturday across France, hoping to prevent a repeat of last week’s violent unrest that shocked the country.

Scenes of looting, burned-out cars and attacks on public buildings left the impression that the government had lost control, as groups of masked vandals targeted businesses in Paris and other city centers.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said as many as 70,000 officers will be deployed nationwide, along with helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons.

A massive turnout is expected again after more than half a million took to the streets last week.

Museums are closed and shopkeepers are worried

Major museums including the Louvre, Orsay Museum, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais — where a major Cézanne exhibit is on display — are closed Saturday . Art Basel, one of the world’s most prestigious contemporary art fairs, opened to the public Friday, but only for the day, with the threat of unrest prompting organizers to cancel the weekend program.

Parisian shopkeepers have been barricading their stores all week. Near Place de la République in Paris, one of last weekend’s hot spots, a bank branch and other businesses were boarded up with wooden panels to deter potential looters.

Following the unrest, Paris police prefect Patrice Faure urged Parisian shopkeepers to hire security guards. He later clarified that protecting business owners and their establishments is the responsibility of the government.

Some 3,000 shops across France were damaged or looted last weekend.

Some protests have been banned

Protest marches are scheduled in Paris and Marseille, but some other rallies, including in Lyon, Nice and Montpellier, have been banned by local authorities. In Lyon, French media reported that police used tear gas Saturday morning.

Cities outside Paris were hit hard by the unrest. Two suspects in the fire that nearly destroyed Limoges’ 19th-century city hall were placed under formal investigation and held pending trial, French media reported. The probe includes attempted murder of a public official.

Trade unions have criticized the bans, calling them violations of freedom of expression, which is protected by the constitution.

Police moved the route of the Paris march to the city’s southeastern edges, away from central neighborhoods where last Saturday’s violence left shops ransacked and cars burned.

President Emmanuel Macron , a centrist, entered the crisis in the final stretches of his term, with his popularity at its lowest since he took office in 2017. He has said that the measures are needed to protect city centers, businesses and public buildings.

Thousands of people gathered Saturday morning for an anti-far-right protest in the city of Orléans, about 110 kilometers (70 miles) south of Paris. It was organized on the sidelines of a two-day congress of Marine Le Pen’s nationalist, anti-immigration party ahead of next spring’s presidential election.

French riot police officers patrol at Place de la Bastille in Paris, France, Oct. 24. EPA-Yonhap

Students and workers are angry

The demonstrations first erupted last month in a high school southeast of Paris over a lack of staff.

From there, class boycotts and demonstrations spread to other Paris suburbs and nationwide, including smaller towns. High school students have raised concerns about underfunded schools and staff shortages, particularly in lower-income neighborhoods. Some also called for a reform of the university admissions system, seen by many as unfair.

With the government seemingly unable to respond to students’ demands, the movement has morphed into larger protests over soaring living costs, just months before the vote to choose Macron’s successor.

“The money is now concentrated in the hands of very few people," said Victoria Ambrosini, an art critic and art teacher at Saint-Denis University. “And it’s not possible anymore.”

继上周的暴力骚乱之后，法国当局周六在全国范围内部署了多达7万名警力，以应对新一轮的抗议活动。巴黎的主要博物馆关闭，巴塞尔艺术展的周末活动也被取消；一些集会被禁止，但巴黎和马赛仍计划举行游行。这些示威活动最初是针对学校教职工人数的抗议，但随着明年春季总统大选的临近，抗议活动已扩展到对生活成本和公共服务的不满。

内政部长洛朗·努涅斯表示，此次部署将包括直升机、装甲车和水炮。

前一周，超过 50 万人走上街头，法国各地约 3000 家商店遭到破坏或抢劫。

当局将巴黎游行路线改到了该市东南边缘，远离上周六暴力事件影响的中心城区。

导致利摩日19世纪市政厅几乎被大火烧毁的两名嫌疑人已被正式立案调查，并被拘留候审；调查内容包括企图谋杀一名公职人员。

抗议活动上个月在巴黎东南部的一所高中爆发，起因是学校人手不足，随后蔓延到其他郊区和城镇；学生们还呼吁进行大学招生改革。

发布于2026年10月24日 下午6:53（韩国标准时间）

2020年10月24日，在巴黎香榭丽舍大街附近，一名法国警察站在法国国家宪兵队的“半人马座”（Centaure）多用途装甲车旁。此前，“黄背心”运动发起了全国范围的抗议活动，法国高中生和大学生也加入其中，抗议生活成本上涨和燃油价格飙升。（路透社-韩联社）

巴黎——周六，巴黎各大博物馆关闭，当局部署了大量警力应对法国各地新一轮的抗议活动，希望防止上周震惊全国的暴力骚乱重演。

抢劫、烧毁的汽车和袭击公共建筑的场景，给人一种政府已经失去控制的印象，一群群蒙面暴徒以巴黎和其他城市中心的商铺为目标。

内政部长洛朗·努涅斯表示，将在全国范围内部署多达7万名警力，同时还将出动直升机、装甲车和水炮。

继上周超过50万人走上街头之后，预计本周将再次出现大规模示威活动。

博物馆关闭了，店主们也很担忧。

包括卢浮宫、奥赛博物馆、毕加索博物馆和正在举办塞尚大型展览的大皇宫在内的主要博物馆周六闭馆。巴塞尔艺术展是世界上最负盛名的当代艺术博览会之一，周五向公众开放，但仅限一天，由于存在动荡的威胁，主办方取消了周末的活动。

巴黎的店主们本周一直在用路障封锁店铺。在巴黎共和国广场附近，也就是上周末的抢劫热点地区之一，一家银行分行和其他一些商铺都用木板封了起来，以防止潜在的抢劫者。

骚乱发生后，巴黎警察局长帕特里斯·福尔敦促巴黎商户雇佣保安人员。他随后澄清，保护商户及其店铺是政府的责任。

上周末，法国各地约有3000家商店遭到破坏或洗劫。

部分抗议活动已被禁止

巴黎和马赛计划举行抗议游行，但包括里昂、尼斯和蒙彼利埃在内的其他一些城市的集会已被地方当局禁止。据法国媒体报道，里昂警方周六上午使用了催泪瓦斯。

巴黎以外的城市也受到了骚乱的严重影响。据法国媒体报道，两名涉嫌纵火焚烧利摩日19世纪市政厅的嫌疑人已被正式立案调查，并被拘留候审。调查内容包括企图谋杀一名公职人员。

工会批评了这些禁令，称其侵犯了受宪法保护的言论自由。

警方将巴黎游行的路线改到了该市的东南边缘，远离了上周六暴力事件导致商店被洗劫一空、汽车被烧毁的市中心街区。

中间派总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙在任期即将结束之际接手了这场危机，当时他的支持率跌至2017年上任以来的最低点。他表示，采取这些措施是为了保护市中心、企业和公共建筑。

周六上午，数千人聚集在奥尔良市，举行反极右翼抗议活动。奥尔良位于巴黎以南约110公里（70英里）处。此次抗议活动是在玛丽娜·勒庞领导的民族主义、反移民政党为明年春季总统选举召开的两天代表大会期间组织的。

10月24日，法国防暴警察在巴黎巴士底广场巡逻。（图片来源：EPA-Yonhap）

学生和工人都很愤怒

上个月，巴黎东南部一所高中因师资短缺而爆发了示威活动。

随后，罢课和示威活动蔓延至巴黎其他郊区乃至全国，包括一些小城镇。高中生们对学校经费不足和师资短缺表示担忧，尤其是在低收入社区。一些学生还呼吁改革大学招生制度，他们认为该制度不公平。

由于政府似乎无法回应学生的要求，这场运动已经演变成更大规模的抗议活动，抗议生活成本飙升，而此时距离选举马克龙继任者的投票仅剩几个月。

“现在资金都集中在极少数人手中，”圣丹尼斯大学的艺术评论家兼艺术教师维多利亚·安布罗西尼说，“这种情况已经不可能再发生了。”