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Macron promises 'concrete measures' for France's protesting students after weeks of riots in which Marseille city hall was stormed

Clashes between protesters and riot police in Paris, as largely peaceful nationwide marches turned violent by evening despite a 70,000-strong deployment that prevented the arson seen a week earlier.
Clashes between protesters and riot police in Paris, as largely peaceful nationwide marches turned violent by evening despite a 70,000-strong deployment that prevented the arson seen a week earlier.
Riots in Paris. Activists have called a further day of protests for 31 October after Saturday's marches drew between 410,000 and 800,000 people nationwide.
Riots in Paris. Activists have called a further day of protests for 31 October after Saturday's marches drew between 410,000 and 800,000 people nationwide.

Emmanuel Macron admitted authorities had 'not anticipated at all' the scale of the October 17 unrest, calling social media 'tools for mobilising the worst impulses'. Front-runner Marine Le Pen held an election rally in Orleans on Sunday. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is expected to unveil 'concrete measures' for students on Monday afternoon. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned of more trouble on October 31.

Police arrested 1,435 people on Saturday despite deploying 70,000 officers nationwide.

President Trump said he told Macron: 'You are destroying France.'

Unions are set to stage a general strike on November 5.

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