Police arrest 1,314 people and 53 officers are hurt as France suffers a second weekend of protest violence
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez blamed 'ultra-left' gangs for 'an extremely elevated level of violence' once the cost-of-living marches ended. Police seized a katana, steel balls, slingshots and fireworks from demonstrators. In Paris, 142 were arrested and two seriously injured, and a 19-year-old in Poitiers reportedly lost an eye. Marine Le Pen is to address 10,000 National Rally members in Orleans this afternoon.
The Louvre, Musée d'Orsay and Picasso Museum locked their gates as 70,000 officers deployed.
Last week's rioting left around 3,000 French businesses damaged or looted.
Trump said the NFL 'could have probably postponed' its Paris game: 'France is really in trouble'.
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