Protesters blocked the arms factory of the French company Eurolinks in Marseille on Thursday, Gabrielle Cathala, a French lawmaker from the left-wing La France Insoumise party, said.
"Bravo to the protesters currently blocking the Eurolinks arms factory in Marseille," Cathala wrote on X.
About 29,000 people are taking part in mass demonstrations across France against austerity measures, the TF1 broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing government data. According to BFMTV, 55 people were detained, seven of them in the Paris region.