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France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu addresses the press, while flanked by Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, Trade Minister Serge Papin, Urbanity and Decentralisation Minister Francoise Gatel, and Higher Education, Research and Space Minister Philippe Baptiste, as they leave an Interministerial Crisis Meeting at the Interior Ministry in Paris, France, 19 October, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Curfews help calm France but more protests planned

Buoyed by protests in France, crowds have also taken to the streets in other countries, including Italy and Albania, where similar anger over living conditions has led to clashes.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the 585 megawatt EDF gas-fired power plant in Bouchain, near Valenciennes, France, July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

French nationalisation of EDF set to cost more than 8 billion euros

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a news conference as part of the G5 Sahel summit on the situation in the Sahel region in Pau, France January 13, 2020. Guillaume Horcajuelo/Pool via Reuters

Macron tasks French PM with new talks to form 'government of action'

FILE PHOTO: A man walks his dog in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

French government to unveil economic recovery plan on September 3: PM