Emmanuel Macron warned on Monday that the protests scheduled for Saturday, 31 October, would carry a high risk of unrest. During a visit to the mayor’s office in Marseille, he confirmed that he had asked the French government to address the “legitimate demands at the root of the social movement.” Macron said the government would be “present and organized” for the upcoming demonstrations. He added that while protests would be permitted on Saturday, they would be held outside city centres in an effort to prevent the disturbances and looting that occurred on 17 October, when parts of the Marseille mayor’s office were vandalised by a group of rioters.
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