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Toulouse sets a post-midnight curfew from Thursday as unions plan a Saturday march the mayor wants routed away from the center.
A curfew after midnight takes effect in Toulouse from Thursday, 22 October, following clashes with police and looting of city-center shops after the 17 October mobilization. That demonstration drew about 32,000 people protesting the cost of living.
Unions and student organizations have declared a demonstration in Toulouse for Saturday, 24 October. The Toulouse prefect plans to meet union representatives on Thursday to discuss the planned march.
The Toulouse mayor has asked that any march take a route away from the city center, the area where shops were looted on 17 October.
The available reporting does not state how long the curfew will last, the full hours it covers, or the outcome of the prefect's meeting.
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Authorities weigh curfew and route limits against planned march
From this lens, the curfew and the prefect's talks with unions form a sequence of measures aimed at preventing a repeat of the 17 October looting. The mayor's request to keep the march away from the city center would limit crowd exposure to shops, while Thursday's meeting offers a forum to set conditions before Saturday. Officials have not yet publicly detailed how these steps will work together.
Organizers' Saturday march faces curfew and route constraints
From this view, the 17 October gathering brought together about 32,000 people raising concerns about living costs, and unions and students are now preparing a second demonstration. The curfew and the mayor's route request set new conditions for that march, raising questions about how organizers will respond and whether the Thursday talks with the prefect will shape the event's form.