Protesters in the streets of Paris for the fifth consecutive weekend

Uthe demonstration against the increase in the cost of living has now traveled the streets of Paris, for the fifth consecutive weekend, incorporating representatives of the "yellow vests" movement, but also students, unions and groups against police violence.

Led by student associations and “yellow vests”, the march began in the Republic Square, heading towards Bastille Square and ending in the Nation Square.

This route authorized by the Paris authorities aims to facilitate the departure of families with children from the demonstration in the Bastille, before its end in the Square of the Nation, where there are usually clashes between radical groups and police forces during the dispersion.

Authorities accounted for between 50 and 60 demonstrations across France today, while the coordination of “yellow vests”, which promotes mobilizations on Saturdays since October 17, registered 423 calls for actions across the country on its online platform.

The government has today maintained an effective similar to that used since the second Saturday of protests, on October 24, with about 70,000 police officers and mobile units prepared to intervene against violent groups.

“Poverty is increasing, wages are not keeping pace with growth, and we are increasingly having difficulty paying the bills,” lamented one of the protesters, accompanied by his wife and children, to the AFP agency, before the start of the march in the French capital.

Several young people went up to the Statue of the Republic, waving French flags, while the “New World Orchestra”, composed of professional musicians and amateurs and famous for their presence in all demonstrations in Paris, played songs of “Star Wars”.

According to the authorities, 146,000 people spoke last Saturday in France, 46,000 of them in Paris, with the leaders of the student movement opposing with 250,000 people on the streets of the whole country, 75,000 in the French capital.

These figures are significantly lower than the 320,000 recorded by the Ministry of Interior on October 31, 410,000 on October 24, and 550,000 on October 17.