A third act of the Yellow Vests is being planned for Saturday, October 31, 2026, Halloween. Following the October 24 demonstration, organizers are now calling for a defense of civil liberties. In Paris, they are calling on people to gather at 2 p.m. in front of the National Assembly for a sit-in. Which areas and routes could be affected in the capital? Here is the information available as of October 26.
On its website, the coordination group is putting this new day under the banner of defending civil liberties, particularly the right to demonstrate. Its calendar then calls for a day of strikes and blockades on November 5.
The area around the National Assembly, in Paris’s 7th arrondissement, is the main Paris location explicitly named in the call. The coordination group also invites people to gather outside town halls across France. However, this national call does not confirm a gathering outside every Paris town hall.
A protest is also planned starting Friday, October 30, with a pot-and-pan protest outside the National Assembly from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., as well as a call for people to bang pots and pans at 7 p.m. across France.
As of October 26, 2026, no detailed route for a Paris march has been identified in the announcements reviewed for October 31. Routes used for previous demonstrations should therefore not be presented as the route for this new day.
These events do not mean that the neighborhoods concerned will be closed. As of October 26, no specific list of streets to be closed, parking bans or restrictions on access to parking lots related to October 31 had been identified in the official information consulted. Any measures should be checked with the Paris Police Prefecture, including their boundaries and hours of application.
As of October 26, 2026, no station closures or bus diversions specifically linked to the October 31 mobilization had been identified in the RATP announcements reviewed. Restrictions in place on previous days do not make it possible to predict those for the following Saturday.
Travelers can check the RATP traffic updates and our update on traffic across the Île-de-France public transport network before setting out. Scheduled network works should be distinguished from any measures taken in connection with the demonstration.
For people planning a Halloween night out, the call to protest does not, by itself, cancel events. The organizers of each party or activity remain the points of contact to check whether it is going ahead and what the admission conditions are.
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