Labour Protest In Paris

Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest against soaring prices as weeks of strikes for higher wages at oil refineries spurred demands for a general strike.

French police said 109 people were in custody on Wednesday after violent May Day protests in Paris, correcting an earlier figure of 209 given by Interior Minister Gerard Collomb.

France's Socialist government made good on a threat to ban a planned union demonstration in the capital, after previous protests against its hotly-contested labour reforms descended into violence.

Protesters in Paris threw projectiles at police officers, who responded with tear gas, amid demonstrations on Tuesday by tens of thousands of people opposed to a contested labor reform.

Hooded protesters clashed with police in Paris on Sunday during a May Day rally against planned labour reforms, while the government insisted it would not withdraw the bill which is due to be debated in parliament later this week.

Clashes broke out on the streets of France today during fresh protests over labour reforms, just a day after beleaguered President Francois Hollande was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over constitutional changes.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest against soaring prices as weeks of strikes for higher wages at oil refineries spurred demands for a general strike.

French police said 109 people were in custody on Wednesday after violent May Day protests in Paris, correcting an earlier figure of 209 given by Interior Minister Gerard Collomb.

France's Socialist government made good on a threat to ban a planned union demonstration in the capital, after previous protests against its hotly-contested labour reforms descended into violence.

Protesters in Paris threw projectiles at police officers, who responded with tear gas, amid demonstrations on Tuesday by tens of thousands of people opposed to a contested labor reform.

Hooded protesters clashed with police in Paris on Sunday during a May Day rally against planned labour reforms, while the government insisted it would not withdraw the bill which is due to be debated in parliament later this week.

Clashes broke out on the streets of France today during fresh protests over labour reforms, just a day after beleaguered President Francois Hollande was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over constitutional changes.