President Emmanuel Macron says his government will continue talks with student representatives on Monday, Sky News reports in its Sunday update. He defended the state’s response to the weekend demonstrations and thanked police, while protest groups continued pressing for action.
Associated Press reports that officials counted 410,000 demonstrators across France on Saturday, while the CGT union estimated nearly 800,000. Those remain competing counts. The protests over education and living costs have produced clashes as well as peaceful marches; promised government responses have yet to become agreed reforms.
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