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France is bracing for potential violence as tens of thousands of protesters are expected to join a day of disruption across the country.
A HUGE fire has erupted at a restaurant in Paris as outraged protesters continue to cause chaos across France. Over 350 arrests have been made nationwide amid the “Block Everything”
Paris: The 'Block Everything' movement was reportedly born online over the summer in far-right circles, but spread on social media, escalating the existing public anger towards President Emmanuel Macr
"Block Everything" has drawn comparisons with the 2018 "Yellow Vest" movement, which began as motorists' protests against diesel taxes before morphing into anger over high living costs and inequality. Billions of euros in tax cuts helped quell the uprising after six months, but some residual anger still animates the "Block Everything" movement.