Clashes in Paris protest against Macron reforms

Police have used water cannons and tear gas on several hundred hooded youths who joined a protest march in Paris against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pro-business labour policies.

The youths who showed up near the end of the march pelted security forces with objects, briefly halting the event held by unions and other groups.

The CGT union, which organised marches around France, said 60,000 people participated in the Paris protest. Meanwhile, thousands of union activists marched in the Mediterranean city of Marseille, in Le Havre on the English Channel and other cities.

The hooded youths joined near the end of the march