During riots in France during rallies on May 1, 540 people were arrested nationwide. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told BFMTV today that 305 of the arrests were made in Paris. 406 police officers were injured in the operations, 259 of them in the capital. With the evaluation of camera images, an attempt will be made to identify those responsible who threw a Molotov cocktail at an officer, who suffered severe burns as a result. 61 demonstrators were also injured in the clashes, 31 of them in Paris.
The trade unions in France used the May Day rallies for renewed mass protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform. The authorities spoke of 782,000 participants nationwide at around 300 rallies. According to union figures, there were 2.3 million people. There were riots in Paris, Lyon and Nantes, among others.
