Violence flares at May Day in Paris
Up to 40000 people participated in this year’s May Day rally in Paris – many of them union members, “Yellow Vest” protesters and so called ‘black bloc’ activists. Although violence stayed below levels feared before the march, protesters clashed with police forces several times.
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