French authorities have recalled police officers from vacation to be on duty during new nationwide protests scheduled for October 24. This was announced on Thursday by Minister-delegate attached to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country Jean-Didier Berge. Earlier, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecorne promised that the authorities would significantly increase the number of police forces during the October 24 demonstrations. The Marianne newspaper reported that the Paris police immediately called the reservists to duty. "We have canceled the holidays. We called back those who were supposed to be on vacation," Berghe said on BFMTV. According to him, the number of law enforcement officers monitoring the order on Saturday will increase by 20% compared to the previous demonstrations on October 17. The minister also reminded that military personnel, as well as special units of the police and gendarmerie, will be involved to support the police. The wave of protests in France started in mid-September, when high school students took to the streets in the suburbs of Paris, demanding to improve the condition of schools. Later, they were joined by citizens dissatisfied with price increases, and the demonstrations spread to other regions as well. The most massive was the nationwide march on October 17, in which, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 550 thousand people participated. On that day, the French police used tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons against the protesters.