Hundreds of protesters gathered in Paris' Place de la Republique square on Saturday (November 7), demonstrating to music played by an orchestra and cheering while holding placards against the high cost of living and in support of the student-led protest movement.

Saturday's protest marked the fourth consecutive weekend demonstration in the French capital, but seemed smaller than previous demonstrations, including a nationwide day of protests and strikes on Thursday (November 5) that saw at least 600,000 people take to the streets across France.

"It's important to continue until we are heard, because the longer this lasts, the more it will allow us to show the importance of all that we are trying to say. So we will not stop until we win," protester Flora Tavernier said.

Police maintained heavy presence across the country on Saturday, with 70,000 officers deployed in demonstrations in the country.

Unions and other protest organisers have called for a new day of protests on Tuesday (November 10).

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PARIS, FRANCE (NOVEMBER 7, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF MUSICIANS PLAYING DURING PROTEST ON PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE SQUARE

2. PROTESTERS ON STATUE WITH FRENCH FLAGS AND BANNER READING (French): "When protesting is no longer a right, it becomes a duty."

3. PROTESTERS CHEERING

4. PROTESTERS GATHERED

5. PROTESTERS CLAPPING

6. VARIOUS OF MUSICIANS PLAYING DURING PROTEST

7. CONDUCTOR

8. MUSICIANS AND PROTESTERS CHEERING

9. (SOUNDBITE) (French) NEWLY GRADUATED STUDENT, FLORA TAVERNIER, SAYING:

"It's important to continue until we are heard, because the longer this lasts, the more it will allow us to show the importance of all that we are trying to say. So we will not stop until we win."

10. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS SINGING AND CLAPPING

11. (SOUNDBITE) (French) HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, SIMON LEVY, SAYING:

"I think it (government response to protest) is not enough. Our professors are not getting paid enough, just not enough, voila. I know some people who right now who can no longer get by, and what are they doing instead of paying for better schools? They're paying for the police."

12. PROTESTER AND MUSICIANS CHEERING

13. PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN AND CHEERING

14. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS

15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOCIAL WORKER, SUZANNE MAZA, 61, SAYING:

"And when things go bad, we need to not condemn what's going bad. We need to ask the question, why are these kids so angry that they can riot like that? It doesn't just happen. They have no response from the government. And France was such a wonderful place, our social rights, our hospitals, our schools were an example for the world. And in the last 20 years, it's been going down, and I don't know what's going to happen. I'm worried for the future, not for me anymore."

16. PROTESTERS ON STATUE, ONE WITH FLAG

17. PROTESTERS LOOKING ON

18. SIGN READING (French): "I am not happy"

19. PROTESTERS, SIGN READING (French): "Democracy, power to the rich?"

20. (SOUNDBITE) (English) COMPUTER SCIENCE WORKER, MICKEL SAUVEE, SAYING:

"I hope that they will put in the budget what is requested by the 'lyceens' (high school students) but also by other people that require just more money to eat and not to distribute the money to wealthy people that already have much more."

21. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHEERING

22. TOP VIEW OF PROTESTERS CLAPPING

23. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS ON STATUE

24. TOP VIEW OF PROTEST