How are the Nuit Debout demonstrations impacting Tourists?

Hi Harry,
Are you on Twitter? Follow the hashtag #nuitdebout. There are real time tweets and announcements of their rallies across France. It's all in French of course but you can make out their locations if you're not fluent.

Nothing for me, so far. Later this week I'll stay in the Marais. Seems like there are more demonstrations in that area than elsewhere. I would think the government buildings area might be a gathering place. I'll ask someone about demonstrations. I didn't even know about it until now.

I wouldn't be too worried. When I was in Paris last year, over the course of a week I saw 3 different demonstrations. When I mentioned it to a friend of mine, who goes to Paris several times a year, she just shrugged and said, "It's Paris! They're always demonstrating about something." Just pick a different travel route for a few hours.

Lisa

I live in Paris and they haven't affected me at all. Might have had a small delay on the bus tonight at Bastille, but I'm not sure if it was protesters or something else. IMO, it's a non-issue for tourists.

Thank you. I'm not over-worried, just cautious and wanting to avoid being in the wrong place/wrong time. The Twitter suggestion is a good one for getting real time updates.

Harry, there's also this, from Bethany's Trip Report today:

I would like to add that we also did small things to reassure ourselves and just make the trip a little easier: Something really important that we did was register our trip with the U.S. Embassy in Paris (easy to do on their website). It gave me peace of mind knowing that I would stay informed, but it also was very practical. Twice while we were in France we received email notices from the Embassy that there were worker strikes in Paris on certain days - I was able to adjust my public transit plans and avoided any transportation problems this way!

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/trip-to-france-f2bb9c1a-2dbb-4524-823a-c75a1e982d7a

This afternoon/evening, a group of students went to the Gare St-Lazare to protest. Someone coming back to Paris after a visit to Giverny or Bayeux could have run into that.
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According to news reports, between 100-300 students tried to block the platforms, so the police deployed teargas to get them to disperse. (The students had gone to the station in support of railway workers against the proposed reforms.)

This is not to scare anyone, but just to say that these things are fluid, and although it is not generally likely, at any given time, the protest can show up where you are. If that happens, just sit and bide your time or go in the opposite direction. I have a (non-protesting) friend who ended up with a French bb-gun pellet in her eye once at one of these things. you want to go the OTHER way.

So funny enough, this past Saturday my boyfriend, father and I went to the Bastille area to visit a shop that sells antique cameras. I had been paying attention to the strikes (or so I thought) and hadn't received any STEP notifications lately, so off we went to Boulevard Beaumarchais. Get to the shop to discover its closed (despite being normal business hours) and begin to notice the street is ominously EMPTY of cars. Long story short, lots of police in riot gear clearing the streets for the (possibly) thousands of protesters marching down the boulevard. It was amazing to see and photograph, the police didn't warn us away, and the protesters were (mostly) organized. I say mostly, as there were a couple smoke bombs that sent the tourists (us included) scrambling, but only caused the protesters to cheer and wave their signs. As we escaped down a side road, the protesters stayed in their area and two blocks away was quiet and serene, complete with leisurely cafe diners and a man strumming his guitar. It was quite surreal.
So, if you stumble across an event, probably best to just turn back the way you came. Slightly exciting, but also unpredictable.