The satellite service was still operating at a cap of 161km/hr, crippling key air defences But Macron’s government has ramped up restrictions and security measures to try and stop the widespread looting and ransacking we saw on the fringes of the wider peaceful demonstrations last week. What protests are planned? Both student groups and trade unions have planned rallies across the country. France’s ⁠main student union, UNEF, has called for demonstrations on Saturday and the Yellow Vest movement also filed plans to march through central Paris. There are already overnight curfews in place in Paris and many other cities. In Marseille and Lyon, the second and third-largest cities, all demonstrations have been banned for the weekend. The Marseille city government also initially said it would stop public transport running on Saturday; they’ve hastily reversed that severely unpopular decision t