PARIS, France, November 5, 2026 — Demonstrators gathered at Place de la République on Thursday during a nationwide day of strikes and protests demanding higher wages, stronger public services and action against rising living costs.
The mobilisation brought together workers, school and university students, pensioners and trade union supporters. It followed weeks of student-led protests that had broadened into a wider movement over purchasing power, education and social inequality. lemonde.fr
In Paris, the authorised route ran from République to Nation along Boulevard Voltaire, after a court upheld the police prefecture’s decision rejecting the unions’ preferred route from Bastille to Concorde. Sortiraparis.com
Sandra Sadek’s photographs document the gathering through crowds, union flags and handmade placards. Demonstrators occupy the base of the Republic monument, a participant raises a French flag, and two protesters share a kiss at Place de la Nation.
