US Edition300,000 rally across France for May 1, union says
- More than 300,000 people participated in rallies across France on Thursday for International Workers' Day, with 100,000 in Paris.
- The rallies were organized by several unions including the CGT and youth groups to protest the far right and call for peace, liberty, and social justice.
- Violence occurred in Paris where Socialist Party supporters faced physical aggression from protesters wearing black, including attacks and thrown flares.
- Socialist deputy Jerome Guedj accused anti-fascist activists of attacking demonstrators and using several agricultural explosives, while CGT leader Sophie Binet criticized these violent actions as unacceptable during their marches.
- Despite divisions among unions and political tensions, organizers viewed the day as a great success recording 270 marches nationally and called for calm in political disagreements.
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300,000 rally across France for May 1, union says
Rallies across France for International Workers' Day drew more than 300,000 on Thursday, including 100,000 in Paris, the CGT trade union told AFP.
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May 1st: 157000 demonstrators in France, according to the Interior, the CGT claims more than 300000
The unions called for the mobilization on May 1st, the day of the Labour Day. 270 rallies were planned throughout France, especially in Paris where the procession left the place of Italy at around 2.30 p.m.
·Paris, France
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