LIVE - October 17 demonstrations: wild processions and 61 arrests in Paris, a police station attacked in Marseille, and filtering roadblocks by the "yellow vests"

LIVE - October 17th Demonstrations: wild convoys and 61 arrests in Paris, a police station attacked in Marseille, and filtering roadblocks by the "yellow vests" The "yellow vests," high school students and university students, joined by trade union organizations, call for a demonstration this Saturday, October 17th, against the high cost of living, the rise in fuel prices, and the difficulties of public services. Follow the gatherings, potential blockades, and the first assessments of this day, thanks to our journalists mobilized in several French cities. The live report Essential Facts - Two wild convoys dispersed in Paris, 61 arrests - In Paris, a meeting scheduled for 2 PM at Place de la République - Welcome to this live report dedicated to the mobilization day of October 17th Police station attacked, bins set on fire, and smoke bombs: the mobilization begins in Marseille On the Canebière in Marseille, a few hundred demonstrators block traffic and set burning bin fires, some waving smoke bombs and French flags, some wearing yellow vests. "It starts with high school students, but it concerns the public hospital, it concerns national education, it concerns the management of the climate crisis. So in fact, there is nothing left. At one point, you have to take to the streets, you have to be heard," says Robin, a demonstrator. A police station was attacked on the Canebière. Windows were broken and smoke bombs thrown inside, as shown in a video on social networks. "We condemn these actions with the utmost firmness, which are obviously unacceptable, do not correspond to any demand, and constitute an attack on public property as well as the service provided to the population," states the police prefecture to Le Figaro. A larger gathering is planned in the city in the early afternoon. Two wild convoys dispersed in Paris, 61 arrests In the middle of the morning, two wild Parisian convoys were dispersed by the police prefecture forces. A first union gathering of about a hundred people formed around Gare du Nord before joining the rue du faubourg Saint-Denis. In the Gare de l’Est district, more than a hundred people partially masked and shouting "Acab" slipped through the streets. As they crossed streets, the Brav-M police blocked some passages to guide the wild convoy. A second convoy, composed of about a hundred high school students, started on rue de Rennes. At 11 AM this Saturday morning, 61 arrests and 589 preventive checks were carried out. "If we do not mobilize, the government will not move," says Roussel. Present at a gathering of a few hundred people in Valenciennes, in the North, the Communist candidate for the presidency Fabien Roussel assured: "The French are afraid, they are worried, they are right (...). That is why we must be very numerous, farmers, employees, high school students, high school girls, we must all be united to weigh on the government's choices." "While there are strong measures to defend the purchasing power of the French (...), the government is doing the opposite" with its 2027 budget proposal foreseeing 54 billion euros in savings, added the head of the PCF. A few minutes earlier, his speech and those of representatives of the Communist Youth and a CGT unionist were interrupted by some yellow vests who shouted "Jordan Bardella" and "National Front". "For me, what is important is that all the French, whatever their opinions (political, NDLR), mobilize," insisted Fabien Roussel. "There are necessarily among those who are demonstrating today, who are angry, people who want to vote for the far-right." Watch the video The left is "strengthened" by the multiplicity of candidacies, estimates Fabien Roussel A demonstration expected at 2 PM in Bordeaux The start of the morning is rather calm in Bordeaux. Despite announced actions on several bridges in Bordeaux, the situation remains generally calm this morning. A barricade was erected by about thirty young people on the Balguerie-Stuttenberg road. In Langon, about ten demonstrators also gathered at the Aquitaine roundabout, according to Sud Ouest. The demonstration is scheduled for 2 PM on the Place de la Bourse. The National Customs Museum, located on the square, has not yet decided whether to close its doors, a decision that will depend on the scale of the mobilization. Simon Pierre, Le Figaro Bordeaux The influencer Rayan psn placed under arrest Rayan psn, an influencer against whom the police prefect of Paris sought justice due to his calls to "participate in riots" on Saturday, was arrested and placed in custody. The influencer, whose real name is Rayanne B., was arrested about 1 hour on Friday night to Saturday in Créteil during a police check of a group of people leaving a minibus. On Monday, the police prefect, Patrice Faure, had sought the public prosecutor of Paris after Rayan psn called to mobilize on the Twitch social network under the sign "the 17, it's war zone!". "I want gang leaders, people who are not afraid, who have already been placed in detention," he said during this sequence. When this report was made public on Thursday, the Paris police prefecture had pointed out that the influencer had already been the subject of "several procedures and judicial convictions (...) for outrage and threat of death against a public authority." Already 40 arrests in Paris, announces the police prefecture "As part of the security plan deployed in the Paris agglomeration, at 9:30 AM, 40 arrests have already been made, mainly for carrying weapons or prohibited protective gear," the Paris police prefecture indicated on X, relaying images of the seizures. "As soon as they are installed, as soon as they are removed." On its X account, the Paris police prefecture also reported having removed barricades on the Champs-Élysées. "Demonstrating is a right. Obstructing traffic on public roads is not," writes the prefecture. "We call on everyone to express their demands calmly and in respect for public order." Early in the morning, posts on social networks relayed images of the blocked avenue, claiming it was the Élysée barricading in anticipation of the demonstrations scheduled for this Saturday. Bagayoko, who hopes for a "convergence of struggles," assures high school students that LFI will be "by their side". The mayor of LFI in Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, invited by franceinfo this morning, stated to the high school students: "You have the right to demonstrate, go ahead (...), we will be by your side because your fight is just and legitimate." "The goal is both the convergence of struggles, of the indignant and of generations," continued Bally Bagayoko, who hopes that this October 17th mobilization will be "the starting point of a more important dynamic." "Violence can be legitimate but it must be avoided": Bally Bagayoko speaks about the controversy caused by his statement. "Violence is not necessarily physical (...), the first violence is institutional," specifies the mayor of LFI in Saint-Denis. Filtering roadblocks installed as early as the first hours of the morning in Nancy The first disturbances began before 8 AM in Nancy. Demonstrators, including "yellow vests" waving signs "one solution, revolution," set up roadblocks on several road axes. On photographs distributed by the AFP, bins are seen placed on the road, near a roundabout, slowing down traffic and filtering the passage of motorists, as well as law enforcement forces deployed on site. The premises of CNEWS targeted by demonstrators this morning, 21 arrests The premises of the CNEWS channel were targeted early this morning by demonstrators, as shown in a video shared by Paris Match on social networks. Several newsrooms, qualified as "channels of the enemy's propaganda," were explicitly targeted in the discussion groups of the October 17th demonstrators. Around 7 AM, about a hundred "masked individuals" blocked access to the parking lot in front of the building in the west of the capital, which also houses the editorial office of Europe 1, according to this source. The demonstrators threw projectiles and broke windows. Images on social networks also showed overturned barriers. After intervention by law enforcement forces, 21 people were arrested, indicated the police prefecture. In Rennes, a filtering roadblock installed as early as 8 AM, first clashes in Lorient As early as 8 AM, about twenty people set up a filtering roadblock with bins and large pallets on the outskirts of the Leclerc supermarket in the Cleunay district in Rennes. Julie, a student, says she is "there to save public services" and in "support of high school students against police violence." "There must be more money for schools and hospitals and less for the army," she added to the AFP. Flaming barricades were also set up by demonstrators on the ring road, at the Villejean gate, causing a disruption of traffic, reported by the prefect of Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine on X. Upon the arrival of law enforcement forces, the individuals left the premises. Law enforcement secures the area. An intervention is also underway on the Lorient road, where pavers were thrown by demonstrators against internal security forces, specified the prefect. A call for "calm" from Emmanuel Macron On the eve of the demonstrations scheduled for this Saturday, October 17th in France, Emmanuel Macron called for "calm" and "respect" on Friday from Brussels. The President of the Republic reminded that the right to demonstrate, "fully respected," must be exercised with respect for people and property, without "insulting" or "breaking," in order to "preserve this right." Barricaded shops in anticipation of possible outbreaks On social networks, many videos show shop windows protected by large wooden boards. For many shopkeepers, the mobilization of October 17th reignites painful memories of the previous demonstrations of the "yellow vests", marked by damage to shops. In Paris, especially on the Champs-Élysées, some shopkeepers therefore preferred to secure their shop windows out of precaution, even if the convoy is not supposed to use this avenue. Read also Mobilization of October 17th: a standoff around the route of the Parisian demonstrations In Lyon, a "hostile group of about a hundred people" on the banks of the Rhône In Lyon, several downtown shops barricaded their shop windows with wooden boards to avoid damage after the demonstration on Tuesday marked by many incidents. It could not have reached its end. The convoy of 11,000 to 15,000 people was dispersed after damage to a gas station. The first mobilization, on October 6th, which brought together nearly double the participants, had nevertheless taken place calmly. Several gathering points are planned in the Rhône department this Saturday, October 17th. Free toll operations and road blockades are announced. Meetings are also set for the Feyzin refinery or the Édouard Herriot port depot, without knowing if they will be held. The prefecture warned that "no blockades on structural axes and major essential equipment will be tolerated." Read also October 17th Demonstration: facing the protest, unions in dispersed order If no demonstration route has been filed, several calls for assembly are circulating. The most widely circulated one is for 2 PM at Place Bellecour. State services announce "an adapted and robust security system" to intervene "systematically" in case of violence or damage. Like in recent days, decrees prohibiting the transport of fuel and pyrotechnic vehicles have been taken by the prefecture. At 9 AM, the prefecture announces the presence of a "hostile group of about a hundred people" on the banks of the Rhône. Law enforcement is present on site. They have already dispersed a group of 40 individuals who were trying to obstruct traffic at the Pont de la Guillotière. The same in the north of the city where a group of about fifteen individuals was dispersed at the Feyssine roundabout. Finally, the meeting at the Feyzin refinery was joined by about ten people, also dispersed by law enforcement forces. An interministerial crisis cell in Matignon In response to the expected mobilizations this Saturday, Sébastien Lecornu convened an interministerial crisis cell (CIC) at the level of the Prime Minister's cabinet directors, the Minister of the Interior and other government members concerned. In recent days, the government has multiplied measures to try to defuse the protest. Thursday evening, a new meeting with the student organizations did not manage to dissipate their dissatisfaction. The Prime Minister announced a budget of between 500 and 700 million euros for the 2027 agricultural recovery plan, while the spectre of a resumption of farmer mobilization looms. The executive has also extended aid to the sectors most exposed to rising fuel prices. As many social fronts as the government seeks to contain, in a context of strong budgetary constraints. Several metro and RER stations closed in Paris RATP announced the closure of 25 metro and RER stations as early as 8 AM this Saturday, "at the request of the Police Prefecture". In detail, the stops will not be served this Saturday, October 17th from 8 AM to: - Charles de Gaulle-Étoile (lines 1, 2 and 6, RER A) - Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau (lines 1 and 13) - Concorde (lines 1, 8 and 12) - Opéra (lines 3, 7 and 8) - Tuileries (line 1) - Pyramides (lines 7 and 14) - Madeleine (lines 8, 12 and 14) - National Assembly (line 12) - Miromesnil (lines 9 and 13) From 12 PM, "trains will run without stopping and connections will therefore not be provided" at the stations: - Anvers (line 2) - Blanche (line 2) - Pigalle (lines 2 and 12) - Bastille (lines 1, 5 and 8) - Bourse (line 3) Read also Mobilization of October 17th: a standoff around the route of the Parisian demonstrations The reopening of these stations will take place "with authorization from the Police Prefecture," specifies the RATP. A meeting scheduled for 2 PM at Place de la République in Paris The route of the Parisian convoy led to extensive discussions with the police prefecture. The student and high school organizations, who have been demanding for more than a week to be heard by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, wished to march to the "centers of power" of the capital. They did not obtain authorization. The Parisian gathering is finally scheduled for 2 PM at Place de la République, from where the convoy must join the Place de Clichy via the Boulevard Magenta. What happened to the figures of the "yellow vests" Eight years after the roundabout revolt, several historical figures of the "yellow vests" plan to resume the path of demonstrations this Saturday, October 17th. From Priscilla Ludosky to Éric Drouet, including Jérôme Rodrigues and Maxime Nicolle, what have they become? Gallery of portraits of the faces of the "yellow vests" demonstrations. A mobilization largely prepared on social networks The call to demonstrate on October 17th circulated widely on social networks. About 1500 actions, demonstrations or blockades are announced throughout France on a dedicated website. These indicators testify to the online activity around the movement, but do not allow for a prediction of the number of participants who will actually be in the streets. The Interior Minister's entourage spoke of about 500 "anticipated" actions and more than 90 demonstration projects. Welcome to this live report on the mobilization day of October 17th Groups of "yellow vests," student and university collectives, as well as trade union organizations have called for a demonstration this Saturday against the high cost of living, on the first day of the All Saints' holidays. The call arose on social networks in early September, around the rise in fuel prices. Follow this mobilization day with us, thanks to our journalists mobilized on the ground, in several French cities. To remember • The demands are mainly about the cost of living and fuel prices, while young people also emphasize the means of public education and Parcoursup. • On Friday, no agreement was reached on the Parisian route of the convoy involving the "yellow vests" and unions. The initial route République-Concorde for students and high school students was prohibited by the prefecture. • More than 460,000 posts dedicated to the movement have been recorded since the end of September and a collaborative map showed more than 1,000 announced mobilization points. Naimarjean the support for the police. papanos75 while the vast majority of France is working Al Goritme The unnecessary movement. The government in place has no means to do anything.