#france-protests

#france-protests

France got a new prime minister Wednesday, welcomed into office by some 175,000 "block everything" protesters across the country, who blocked roads and train stations and lit fires in demonstrations against budget cuts. At least 473 people were arrested, the Interior Ministry told reporters. The protests fell on the first day in office for French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, the country's fifth in less than two years, although they were scheduled before the previous government collapsed and Lecornu's inauguration was set.

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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.