French President Emmanuel Macron will deliver a televised address today at 8pm local time (9pm in Greece), his office has announced.

Yesterday, the French president wrote in a social media post that “there is no place for violence” in France, warning that those who caused damage and attacked prefecture offices and businesses, as well as those who looted town halls, would be prosecuted and punished.

“We will all stand united against those who sow chaos, seeking only to undermine our institutions and prevent those who wish to express their demands peacefully from doing so,” he wrote.

The address comes in the wake of yesterday’s mass demonstrations against the rising cost of living and in support of other social demands, which were marred by violent clashes, destruction and looting in cities across the country. The latest toll includes one protester dead in Paris, more than 1,800 arrests, 150 injured police officers and a 17-year-old who suffered an amputation in Saint-Étienne.

According to BFMTV, the protester died of cardiac arrest after feeling unwell on Boulevard de Magenta, along the route taken by the march.

Citing a police source, the French broadcaster reported that other protesters carried him to the Château d’Eau first-aid station. However, the man died outside the facility. The Paris Police Prefecture said that “a person died following a cardiorespiratory arrest”.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced that 1,200 people had been arrested and 150 police officers injured during demonstrations over the cost of living and the declining quality of life.

While a 17-year-old suffered an amputation in Saint-Étienne, organisers and the CGT trade union put the nationwide turnout at 800,000. France’s Interior Ministry estimated that 550,000 people took part.

In Paris, which was at the centre of the protests, around 110,000 people took to the streets. The demonstrations were marked by serious clashes between police forces and groups of protesters.

The unrest erupted when groups of masked demonstrators attacked police officers, stormed public buildings and caused extensive damage in various parts of the country.