#france-protests

#france-protests

Trade unions in France are carrying out another day of widespread nationwide strikes, heaping pressure on the newly appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to reverse an existing austerity programme and halt any new public spending cuts. France's Ministry of the Interior said approximately 85,000 people had turned out across the country by midday on Thursday, excluding Paris a figure lower than a strike two weeks earlier, which drew much larger crowds, indicating lower overall turnout.

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More than 80,000 police have been deployed as demonstrators rally against Macron's government and austerity policies. French police have arrested hundreds of people as protests led by left-wing forces under the label Block Everything were launched across the country. More than 200 people were reported to have been arrested in the morning hours as demonstrators set fire to rubbish bins and blocked highways, spurred by frustration with President Emmanuel Macron's government amid a national political crisis.