Fireworks and tear gas as protesters and riot police clash in Paris
Europe correspondent Nick Beake reports from Paris where mostly peaceful protests turned into unrest after nightfall.
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Europe correspondent Nick Beake reports from Paris where mostly peaceful protests turned into unrest after nightfall.
A total of 410,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Saturday โ including 110,000 in Paris โ as part of a day of rallies focussed on purchasing power and the defence of public services, the Interior Ministry told AFP. The turnout was slightly lower than last week, which saw 550,000 people take to the streets. Meanwhile, according to the union responsible for organising the authorised events, 800,000 people participated in the demonstrations nationwide on Saturday, with 250,000 in the capital. Clashes broke out in several cities, including Paris, Lyon, Rennes, Nantes, Bordeaux, Nice, and Marseille. Matthew Mary-Caruchet shares further details.
Paris police counted 110,000 marchers, level with 17 October, while police fired tear gas in Strasbourg and clashes hit Nantes, Rennes and Marseille. The post Paris Marchers Hit 110,000 as Clashes Spread appeared first on The Rio Times.
Protesters across France called for street demonstrations on Saturday against rising living costs. France 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports from Paris. "The march from here to Place de Clichy isn't set to start for another hour. However, we've seen it kicking off extremely early doors. It seems that what's happened is that police attempted to block the protesters from reaching Place de la Rรฉpublique, and we saw the use of tear gas. We've seen people running with their masks on. We also saw the use of stun grenades."
Around 480,000 people took part in nationwide student demonstrations across France on Tuesday, according to student and school unions, up from the previous weekโs mobilisation. In Paris, the demonstration ended with tear gas and fires, as tensions escalated. Claire Paccalin has the latest.
Police fired tear gas at โprotesters blockading French high schools on Tuesday as students, teachers and parents took to the streets on the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations against understaffed and dilapidated classrooms. Reporting from a march in Paris, France 24's Claire Paccalin says that the demonstration there has been peaceful so far, though the atmosphere is "tense" with a "heavy police presence".