“France May Day Protests: Over 540 Arrested and 406 Police Injured – Minister Calls for Reflection and New Laws”

2023-05-02 19:19:58

No less than 540 people were arrested on Monday, throughout France, on the sidelines of the May 1 union parades, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Tuesday morning, interviewed on BFMTV.

He also deplores 406 injured among the police and accuses the leader of France Insoumise (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, of being “accomplice” of this violence by his “deafening silence”.

Among the individuals arrested, 305 were arrested in the heart of the Parisian capital, the scene of a new day of violence, fires and damage.

The Beauvau tenant also wishes to open “a reflection on radical individuals, on thugs” and evokes a possible “new law” at “national level”, while pleading for a study “at European level” because “these groups travel a lot in Europe”.

Police and gendarmes used tear gas and de-encirclement grenades to drive away the violent demonstrators, before resorting to a water cannon.

The CGT (General Confederation of Labour) officially claims 2.3 million demonstrators across the country and the Ministry of the Interior for its part reports 782,000 demonstrators.

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