What’s all the rioting about in Paris at the moment?

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I can quite get to the heart of it. I can see that some of it is Antifa and some seems to be Palestine related. They want Macron out, I can see that and it seems to be predominantly young people so I’m assuming it’s got Cost of Living mixed in too.

Is anyone living in Paris at the moment to shed some light?

What riots? There was trouble when PSG won the Champions League but not seen anything reported before or after.

The French like rioting and it's hot.

Where are you getting your news from ? Aside from the usual PSG « fan » riots, which happen whatever the result, I’ve not heard of anything !

Same pressures as in other European countries:

Expectation that living standards should equal or exceed that of the post war generations.
Cost of living
Insufficient housing
Not enough stable, decent paying jobs.
Growing welfare bill.
Large waves of immigration which are hard to integrate.

Combine with
Hot weather
Alcohol
Football hooligans
…And a French propensity to riot at regular intervals.

This is a deeply weird thread. There is no rioting in Paris at the moment. There has been rioting in the UK more recently courtesy of Tommy Robinson and co. What are you talking about?!

I’ve found the answer curtesy of AI. They must have been reposted videos from September 2025 and the riots were Block Everything riots. I was right about the rest of it though. Austerity and anti-government at the heart of it.

Block Everything” (Bloquons Tout) was a decentralized protest movement that emerged in France in 2025. Unlike a traditional strike led by unions, it grew largely through social media and local grassroots groups, with the goal of disrupting normal life through road blockades, transport disruptions, demonstrations, and workplace actions.

What triggered it?
Several factors came together:

• Proposed government spending cuts and austerity measures aimed at reducing France’s budget deficit.
• Anger over the perceived deterioration of public services such as healthcare and education.
• Frustration with the political system and repeated changes of government under President Emmanuel Macron.
• Resentment over earlier policies, especially the controversial 2023 pension reform.

Many participants viewed the movement as a response not just to one policy but to a broader sense that ordinary people had little influence over major political decisions. Who was involved? One unusual aspect was that it did not fit neatly into the traditional left-right political divide. Reports indicate the movement initially gained traction online among some right-wing activist networks, but by September it had attracted support from left-wing activists, trade union members, students, public-sector workers, Yellow Vest veterans, and politically unaffiliated citizens.

I’d be more puzzled when the French weren’t having a riot.

If there was an international league for rioting, they’d top it all the time.

National pastime.

Seconded..

There was trouble some places last W/E post the football but other than that?

Oh, and it's not even that hot in France ATM.

AI solved it as usual.