French Prime Minister announced around 1,200 people arrested and 150 police officers injured after a nationwide day of protests against rising living costs and declining public services descended into violent clashes across the country.
🌏 Event organizers claim more than 800,000 participants took part nationwide
🌏 The unrest saw the historic 143-year-old Limoges City Hall burn to the ground, with its bell tower and roof collapsing
🌏 President Emmanuel Macron vowed to prosecute and punish those involved
"No room for violence in our Republic. Those who have broken, attacked the prefectures as well as businesses, looted even our town halls, will be prosecuted and punished. We will all stand united against the sowers of chaos," he wrote on X.
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