In France, the protests against the price increases were renewed. Organizers said 800,000 protesters in France again held rallies of thousands on Saturday amid a significant increase in the number of law enforcement forces to fight the rioters, Reuters reports. According to the authorities, 410,000 people participated in demonstrations against the decline in the standard of living and the rise in prices as well as poor funding for the education sector; Labor unions reported more than 800,000 protesters. The government has deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes, 10,000 more than last weekend. In Paris, the Interior Ministry said an estimated 110,000 people marched in the city, waving flags and chanting slogans condemning the rising cost of living and deepening inequality. "Down with the state, the police and the fascists! ". called Parisians. At first, the rally in the French capital was held relatively peacefully, but groups of aggressive young people who marched at the tail of the demonstrators clashed with the police, throwing stones and other objects at the police, so writes Euronews. Law enforcement officers used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the hooded instigators. Clashes also occurred in Lyon, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes and Toulouse, while police fired tear gas at protesters in Nantes, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Lille and Nice. The level of violence was much less widespread than last Saturday, when looters and vandals carried out pogroms in Paris and other cities, Reuters notes. More details.

In France, the protests against the price increases were renewed. Organizers said 800,000 protesters in France again held rallies of thousands on Saturday amid a significant increase in the number of law enforcement forces to fight the rioters, Reuters reports. According to the authorities, 410,000 people participated in demonstrations against the decline in the standard of living and the rise in prices as well as poor funding for the education sector; Labor unions reported more than 800,000 protesters. The government has deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes, 10,000 more than last weekend. In Paris, the Interior Ministry said an estimated 110,000 people marched in the city, waving flags and chanting slogans condemning the rising cost of living and deepening inequality. "Down with the state, the police and the fascists! ". called Parisians. At first, the rally in the French capital was held relatively peacefully, but groups of aggressive young people who marched at the tail of the demonstrators clashed with the police, throwing stones and other objects at the police, so writes Euronews. Law enforcement officers used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the hooded instigators. Clashes also occurred in Lyon, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes and Toulouse, while police fired tear gas at protesters in Nantes, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Lille and Nice. The level of violence was much less widespread than last Saturday, when looters and vandals carried out pogroms in Paris and other cities, Reuters notes. More details.