PARIS, September 10. /TASS/. Nationwide protest rallies and strikes against the government’s economic policies are taking place in France. According to French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, nearly 200 people have been detained for participating in riots so far.
TASS has compiled key information about the situation in the country.
- On September 10, French citizens began holding protest rallies and strikes against the government’s economic policies.
- According to the media, the first calls to "block the country" appeared online in May. However, the calls spread after the July statement by then-Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who proposed making state holidays working days and applying austerity measures to fill the state’s coffers with almost 44 billion euros.
- Bayrou handed over his resignation to the president on September 9 after losing a confidence vote at the National Assembly (the lower chamber of the French parliament) on September 8.
