Macron to Address Nation Next Week as Paris Braces for Unrest
- France to deploy 89,000 forces and armored vehicles in Paris
- High school students arrests stir controversy amid violence
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French President Emmanuel Macron will wait until early next week to speak to the nation, holding off until after Saturday’s planned protests, as authorities prepared to use armored vehicles and mobilize 89,000 police to contain potential violence.
“The president understands the context and the situation, and he doesn’t want to add fuel to the fire,” said political ally and National Assembly chief Richard Ferrand. So he will wait until after Saturday and the marches planned across France by the Yellow Vests movement and also by groups of protesters who want to fight authorities, Ferrand told AFP.