巴黎，10月17日 - 预计将有数万人于周六在法国各地举行抗议活动，学生、工会成员以及黄背心运动的残余力量将联合起来，抗议物价高涨和该国社会模式的破裂。
PARIS, Oct 17 - Tens of thousands of people are expected to protest across France on Saturday, as students, trade unionists and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement join forces to demonstrate against high prices and the country's fraying social model.
抗议活动的最初浪潮始于上个月，起点是巴黎北部贫困郊区的高中。在那里，对教师缺课和设施破旧的愤怒迅速转变为一场全国性的运动，反对不平等、公共支出不足以及标准下降。
The initial wave of protests began last month at high schools in Paris' poor northern suburbs, where anger over teacher absences and shabby facilities quickly morphed into a nationwide movement against inequality, weak public spending and falling standards.
抗议活动正值法国面临困难时期，总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙正进入其总统任期的最后阶段，留下的是一个两极分化的选民群体和一个支离破碎的国内政治局面。投资者抛售法国债务，导致借贷成本升至二十多年来的最高水平，这也凸显了法国在整顿公共财政方面长期面临的挑战。
The protests come at a difficult time for France, as President Emmanuel Macron enters the final stretch of his presidency, leaving behind a polarised electorate and a fragmented domestic political situation. Investors ditching French debt, driving borrowing costs to their highest levels in more than two decades, have also underlined the country's long struggle to get its public finances in order.
总理塞巴斯蒂安·勒科尔努周四表示，当局担心抗议期间会出现骚乱。政府将抗议活动的煽动归咎于硬左翼的“法国不屈”（LFI），但LFI否认了这一指责。
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Thursday that authorities fear unrest during the protests. The government blames the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) for inflaming the protests, an accusation LFI denies.
勒科尔努说：“这是全国范围内疲惫的时刻。我们正处于永久危机的氛围中：战争、通胀以及围绕购买力的问题。”反对派领袖乔丹·巴尔德拉表示，他预计会有暴力发生。他的极右翼全国联盟在民意调查中领先，将参加明年的总统选举。
"This is a moment of fatigue in the country," Lecornu said. "We are in an atmosphere of perma-crisis: wars, inflation, and issues surrounding purchasing power." Opposition chief Jordan Bardella, whose far-right National Rally leads in the polls ahead of next year's presidential election, said he expected violence.
他在参观巴黎车展期间说：“我非常担心。这将是法国混乱的一天。”暴力抗议勒科尔努表示，这些抗议活动是数十年来最激烈的之一，自抗议开始以来，已有超过900名警察受伤。警方的应对也受到批评，因为伤害名单令人触目惊心，其中包括一名青少年在捡起一枚震撼弹后手被炸掉。
"I'm extremely concerned," he said during a visit to the Paris car show. "It will be a day of chaos for France." VIOLENT PROTESTS Lecornu has said the protests have been among the most violent in decades, with more than 900 police injured since the start of the protests. The police have also drawn criticism for their response due to a grisly list of injuries, including one adolescent who had his hand blown off after picking up a stun grenade.
内部警察监督机构正在调查至少两起涉嫌警察暴力的案件。法国暂停在学生示威中使用震撼弹，但内政部长洛朗·努内斯表示，它们可能会在周六的抗议中使用。
The internal police watchdog is investigating at least two dozen cases of alleged police violence. France suspended the use of stun grenades for the student demonstrations, but Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said they could be used in Saturday's protest.
“如果发生冲突，所有类型的中等武器都可以使用，”他周五在《早安电视》节目中这样说。
"If there were to be clashes, all types of intermediate weapons can be used," he told Telematin on Friday.
社交媒体上号召过去抗议运动成员加入冲突的呼声似乎奏效了，引发了人们对抗议活动可能规模有多大的质疑。
Calls on social media for members of past protest movements to join the fray appear to have worked, raising questions about just how large the protests could grow.
黄背心运动始于2018年，最初是抗议柴油税，后来演变成对高昂生活成本和收入不平等的愤怒爆发。然而，自马克龙同意数十亿欧元的减税以来，情况基本平静下来。
The Yellow Vest movement started in 2018 as a protest against taxes on diesel before morphing into an outpouring of anger at high living costs and income inequality. However, things have been largely quiet since Macron agreed to billions of euros in tax cuts.
来自法国西部拉克雷什的教师 Yannick Maillou 在2018年加入了黄背心运动，至今仍参与其中。他说，周六抗议者有几个附近的集合点，工会也在号召其成员加入。
Yannick Maillou, a teacher from La Crèche in western France, joined the Yellow Vests in 2018 and remains involved in the movement. He said there were several nearby meeting points for protesters to gather on Saturday, with unions also calling on their members to join.
“提供医疗援助的人员群体正在形成，以应对可能的警察暴力，”他说。
"Groups of people providing medical assistance are forming in anticipation of police violence," he said.
另一名黄背心抗议者 Myrtil Devillers 表示，他理解抗议者“包罗万象的爆发性诉求”，尽管他因身在国外不会参加周六的抗议。
Myrtil Devillers, another Yellow Vest protester, said he was sympathetic to the protesters' "explosive catch-all of grievances" although he won't be protesting on Saturday as he is abroad.
“当汽油每升售价1.40欧元时，我曾是黄背心抗议者，现在它涨到2.20欧元，想象一下我的感受，”他说。
"I was a Yellow Vest protester when petrol cost €1.40 a litre, so imagine how I feel now that it's €2.20," he said.
“司法系统在抱怨；教育系统在抱怨；医疗部门在抱怨；我经商的朋友也在抱怨。”路透社
"The justice system is complaining; the education system is complaining; the healthcare sector is complaining; my friends who run businesses are complaining." REUTERS