France Riots Over Cost of Living as Macron Urges Calm
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[0:00] More than half a million people marched on Saturday, with close to 2,400
[0:04] arrests and more than a half thousand police and firefighters injured.
[0:08] Macron says cost of living concerns are at the root of unrest, but vandalism
[0:13] will not be tolerated. Whenever offenses are committed, they
[0:19] must lead to appropriate legal proceedings.
[0:22] Those who have destroyed must pay. Those who have looted must reimburse.
[0:27] Those who have sought to bring down the republic will have to answer for it.
[0:31] Yesterday, several hundred thousand of our fellow citize