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French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to prevent more rioting and looting by maintaining a heightened security presence and tasking his government to respond to some of the protesters’ demands.

Emmanuel Macron vows rioters will pay as 70,000 police deploy across France, while Italy, Belgium and Albania face escalating protest violence.

Thousands of police officers in riot gear descended on Paris Saturday to monitor France’s only sanctioned protest. The officers — wearing helmets and carrying shields — uniformly walked through the city as protesters shouted obscenities at them.

Riot police clashed with protesters in Paris on Saturday after a march over living costs drew around 110,000 people, according to France’s Interior Ministry. Footage captured demonstrators hurling projectiles, people being dragged away and storefronts being smashed as unrest spread to Marseille and Lyon.

Police in France arrested 1,314 rioters Saturday as violent street clashes continue to consume the country, the interior ministry said, adding 53 officers were hurt in clashes. The post France: 1,300+ Rioters Arrested, 53 Police Officers Injured in Continued Unrest appeared first on Breitbart .

Hundreds of protesters stormed the Roman Colosseum and clashed with police at the historic gates as the demonstrations in France spread to Italy over the weekend.

France avoided a repeat of large-scale violence and looting that marred nationwide protests a week ago, suggesting the government’s decision to boost police numbers and contain marches paid off.

More anti-government protests took place in France this weekend. Leigh Kiniry has the details.

The chaos and unrest still gripping France continued to spread Saturday to its European neighbors.

After largely peaceful marches on Saturday, clashes broke out in the evening. But a large-scale police presence, 1,000 arrests and the rerouting of protest routes kept a lid on wholesale vandalism.

Almost 1,000 arrested as police charge crowd in Paris and teargas used to stop protesters reaching other city centres Hundreds of thousands marched in cities across France on Saturday in largely peaceful protests to support schoolchildren’s demands for more teachers and repairs to dilapidated buildings, as Emmanuel Macron faces a social and political crisis in his final months as president. In Paris, at least 110,000 people marched along the eastern edge of the city, according to government estimates. They supported high schoolers but also complained of the high cost of living and the government’s heavy policing, saying riot police had been sent to target school protesters over the past month, instead of the government offering political solutions. Continue reading...

France Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez says 135 people were arrested as 70,000 police officers deployed to clamp down on nationwide protests.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez says nearly 1,000 people were arrested as 70,000 police officers deployed across the country amid nationwide protests.

Thousands joined fresh protests in France on Saturday as the government stepped up efforts to avoid a repeat of last weekend’s riots by mobilizing additional law enforcement officers and keeping marchers out of central Paris.

France deployed thousands of police Saturday for fresh protests over school funding and soaring living costs, seeking to prevent another weekend of looting, burned cars and attacks on public buildings. In Paris, authorities restricted the main march to the city's southeastern edge, keeping it away from the center.

France deployed thousands of police Saturday for fresh protests over school funding and soaring living costs, seeking to prevent another weekend of looting, burned cars and attacks on public buildings. In Paris, authorities restricted the main march to the city's...

The NFL closed its "NFL House" in Paris on Saturday as the city braced for street protests with a heavy police presence and storefronts boarded up.

The police presence is being boosted across France as it braces for another weekend of anti-government protests. CBS News' Leigh Kiniry has more.

Emmanuel Macron blames ultra-left groups for seditious acts as UNEF and Yellow Vest protesters vow to rally despite police rejecting permit requests.

France announced it will deploy 70,000 police officers on Saturday to combat rioting after last weekend's protests turned violent.

France will deploy some 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests this weekend after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago, the government said Friday.

Move follows some of the worst street violence in years on the fringes of cost-of-living protests last weekend France will deploy about 70,000 police around the country on Saturday as the government seeks to prevent more civil unrest after some of the worst street violence in years erupted on the fringes of cost-of-living protests last weekend. The interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, said on ⁠Friday ⁠the security forces would include elite units usually used for counter-terrorism operations and hostage rescues, adding that there had been social media calls for violence from “ultra-left” groups. Continue reading...

Government officials are trying to avoid a repeat of last weekend’s unrest across the country, which injured police officers and damaged stores.

New World Orchestra’s musicians are shocked at French police targeting peaceful gathering with teargas Europe live – latest updates As riot police encircled Place de la République last week, lobbing teargas canisters to disperse demonstrators, the conductor Étienne Jarrier and his orchestra played on. They kept playing even after everyone else had disappeared and teargas was being fired into the central Paris square. It was only when Jarrier noticed his musicians were being directly targeted that he ordered them to stop. “There were teargas canisters landing in the double bass and music stand cases, and starting fires the musicians had to stamp out,” he told the Guardian. Continue reading...

France will meet further demonstrations this week with a "massive" deployment of police backed up with soldiers, Macron's government said. The post France Backfills Front Line Police With Troops as Coming Riot Day Leaves Forces Spread Thin appeared first on Breitbart .