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France Struggles to Contain Fallout From Nationwide Protests

Bloomberg Politics18 October 2026, 09:17 UTCFrance

Nationwide protests in France against the high cost of living and scenes of looting and burning on the sidelines deepened a schism between extremes in the country’s political spectrum and drew a reaction from US Vice President JD Vance.

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