Block Everything Protests Erupt in France: Streets Burn, Museums Close, Hundreds Arrested
France faces chaos as “Block Everything” protests shut museums, block roads, and clash with police. Hundreds arrested as Macron’s cuts spark fury.
France is burning again. From Paris boulevards to Nantes highways, the “Block Everything” movement turned into a nationwide standoff with police. Nearly half a thousand arrests, barricades in flames, buses torched, school kids chanting for Macron to go.
What began online in spring has spilled into the streets with ferocity. Protesters accuse the president of gutting the country with €44 billion in cuts while debt soars. Teargas clouds rolled over Gare du Nord, over high schools, over the Arc de Triomphe. Firefighters pulled charred bicycles from barricades while unions warned of a Republic bent on austerity.
Cultural sites weren’t spared—museums and libraries shut down as staff joined the revolt. The Louvre staggered open, but Orsay, Delacroix, and even the Arc went dark under blockade. Unions demanded fair wages, pensions, and a cultural policy that doesn’t grind ordinary people down.
It feels like 2018’s Yellow Vests all over again, but younger, angrier, more radical. A generation shouting they inherited a broken system—and promising to dance on its ashes.
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