00:00State repression in France has escalated during weekend anti-inflation demonstrations
00:04resulting in nearly 1,000 arrests across the country.
00:07Demonstrators and trade unions condemned the heavy-handed response of security forces
00:12following the deployment of 70,000 police officers and military personnel nationwide.
00:17While government officials and local prefectures defended the massive security operation
00:21as a necessary measure against radical groups, human rights organizations and working class
00:26movements denounced the widespread detentions as state intimidation.
00:29Despite the repression, social organizations will affirm that protests will continue across
00:34France to demand effective public policies to curb soaring inflation and the rising cost of living.
