New demonstrations in France, 70 thousand officers deployed. Riot in Paris

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said he expected between 50 and 60 marches across France and has ordered the mobilization of around 70,000 police and gendarmes. Substantially the same level used in the three Saturdays preceding today. The Parisian procession, as mentioned, left at 2pm from Place de la République in the direction of Place de la Nation, passing through Place de la Bastille. This is a route that allows families with children to leave the demonstration before it ends, thus avoiding clashes with the police.

In fact, clashes also occurred on this day. According to BFMTV, scuffles were recorded near Boulevard Diderot, in the direction of Place de la Nation, the arrival point of the march. Men dressed in black threw objects at the police who responded with tear gas. Moments of tension at the end of the marches also in other cities. In Nantes, officers used water cannons to disperse an illegal demonstration, after a ban on demonstrations in the city had been decreed. Also in Bordeaux, groups of individuals dressed in black threw objects at the police near Place de la Victoire. The officers repelled the attacks with tear gas.

106,000 people demonstrated today in France, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior. Of these, the ministry specifies, 24,000 demonstrated in Paris. The unions instead announced ''200,000 people'' across the country, of which around 100,000 in Paris. Last Saturday, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior, 146,000 took to the streets nationwide, of which 46,000 in the capital.

In addition to those protesting for better school conditions and against the high cost of living, several associations for the defense of human rights have also decided to join the protests, in particular against the proposed law that introduces the presumption of legitimate use of weapons by the police. A rule which, in the opinion of those who take to the streets, is equivalent to a sort of "permission to kill". Around 50,000 people had already demonstrated against the proposal across the country on September 20, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior.