Over 290 arrests have been made and more than 100 police officers have been injured as May Day marches in France against President Macron's pension reform descended into violence.
112,000 people gathered for the protests in Paris, according to police in the capital with 782,000 taking to the streets across the country.
Clashes occur between riot police and demonstrators during a protest on Labour Day against the government pension reform in Paris.In Nantes and Lyon and Nantes business premises were trashed and some vehicles were set alight. The new legislation will see the retirement age raised from 62 to 64, a move that has sparked a succession of protests.Mr Macron has said that the reform, which he signed into law on April 15, is a necessity.
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