Government calls urgent conference as 70,000 police face crisis.
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A massive mobilization of activists, unions, and students has forced the government to schedule an emergency social conference. Protesters are attempting to reach the Place de la Concorde today, met by 70,000 security personnel with orders to hold the line firmly. The current unrest is already being analyzed as one of the most intense periods of social movement during the Macron presidency.
The fallout from the street clashes has moved to the courts, where lawyers backed by the Human Rights League intend to sue the interior minister. They allege the minister ordered the use of weapons that severely injured dozens of demonstrators, including children. Meanwhile, politicians are already looking toward the 2027 presidential election: Raphaël Glucksmann has unveiled his campaign team after winning the social-democratic primary, while right-wing parties are weighing the potential candidacy of ECB President Christine Lagarde.
A strike at BFMTV has seen journalists demand management better regulate discriminatory on-air discourse and increase the proportion of on-the-ground reports. Separately, new data reveals that the minister tasked with fighting discrimination, Aurore Bergé, has become the most frequent government guest on the controversial channel CNews, though her appearances are not to counter its ideology.