Clashes erupt between police and protesters in Paris with teargas and water cannons deployed

Today, as part of major demonstrations against the cost of living crisis, rising fuel prices and the broader student movement, these protests come a week after peaceful demonstrations were overshadowed by violence last week. This time around, the government implemented a strict security protocol, meaning that the military was even deployed outside some strategic sites in Paris. This also comes as the government has blamed the hard left, France En Marche party and Jean-Luc for what it says is stoking violence. La France Insoumise, the France Unbound Party denies this. La France Insoumise supports the social movement and that is what we are being accused of. We are a movement that does not condemn the social movement, on the contrary, we support it and that is what they are trying to make us pay. They are trying to discredit us. Students told Euronews that they remain determined to keep protesting and will not be deterred by last week's violent scenes. They want us to be scared, they don't want us to go out, they don't want us to stay at home, they don't want us to return our rights. So if we start to go in their direction, it will end soon. If there is no demonstration, there is no break. So the solution can also be to respond to the demands of the population. While the demonstrations remained largely peaceful, clashes with the police broke out later on Saturday across the country, including in cities where protests were banned.