France: Protesters clash with police in nationwide protests, amid rising social polarization
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Unrest broke out in parts of France as students, trade unionists and Yellow Vest activists took to the streets to protest high prices and inequality. Police arrested hundreds amid chaotic scenes in cities across France.
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There have been clashes between police and protesters amid mass rallies across France on Saturday, over high prices and social inequalities and the state of the education system.
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The Interior Ministry said that round 550,000 people turned out for the demonstrations, with some 400 arrests made following violent incidents in Paris, Marseilles, Rennes, Toulouse and Angers and elsewhere.
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"Such actions include attempted looting, confrontations with law enforcement, the setting of fires to street furniture and the targeting of seats of power and media outlets," the ministry saidand blamed the unrest on what it described as the "hard-left."
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video In Paris and Marseille, police fired tear gas at protesters as violent clashes took place.
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AFP reported that dozens of shops were looted in Paris, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux and Lille, where an Apple store was stripped.
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The windows of the offices of French broadcasters CNews and Europe 1 in western Paris were also broken by protesters, and AFP journalists reported seeing several parked cars torched.
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French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the violence in a post on X and warned: "Those who have broken, attacked the prefectures as well as businesses, looted even our town halls, will be prosecuted and punished."
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In Lyon, situated in central France, the city's tourism office was set alight with flames and black smoke seen billowing from the building.
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In the city of Limoges, the town hall was also set alight as unrest broke out.
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The blaze spread from a wing of the building and eventually reached the roof where it continued burning as crowds stood watching. Firefighters were then seen attmepting to douse the flames.
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Meanwhile in Lille, protesters smashed their way into the town hall of France's northern city of Lille and vandalised the premises before leaving, according to an AFP photographer.
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Riot police within minutes confirmed that all the protesters had left.
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The protests come on the heels of an initial wave of demonstrations that began last month over the situation at schools in the country, with pupils complaining about teacher absences and run-down facilities.
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Macron had called "for calm and respect" ahead of the protests, saying that the right to protest went hand in hand with "respect for people and property."
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video More than 600 demonstrations were planned across France, according to protest organizers.
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Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told France 2 television that "a pretty big turnout" was expected, while a police source told the French AFP news agency that authorities estimate nearly 200,000 people will attend.
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However, the Paris demonstrators faced restrictions, with police banning rallies around the Elysee presidential palace, the prime minister's office and the Champs-Elysee avenue, along with other key locations.
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A march through the center of the city has also been banned.
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The main Paris demonstration began at 2 p.m. (1200 GMT) at the Place de la Republique..
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Reports began emerging late on Saturday morning of riot police clashing with protesters in the Saint-Denis area on the outskirts of the capital, as well as near the Gare du Nord train station, among other areas.
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Students have been joined by trade unionists and remnants of the Yellow Vests ("Gilets jaunes") movement, which staged mass weekly protests from November 2018 to June 2020, initially against rising fuel prices.
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They later morphed into protests against the high cost of living and economic inequality in general.
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The student protests over the past weeks have been backed by Jean-Luc Melanchon, the leader of the hard-left France Unbowed ("La France insoumise", or LFI), who marched in one demonstration on Tuesday. The government has blamed the LFI for pouring fuel on the fire of widespread public discontent, an allegation the party has denied.
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