The May Day demonstrations in France united 150 thousand people
About 150 thousand people take part in the May Day actions in France, Interfax reports. As specified, 16 thousand of them gathered in Paris. Recall that on May 1, even before the beginning of the May Day procession, there were clashes between the demonstrators and the police. A group of black people, representatives of the Black Block movement, began to aggressively provoke police officers on Montparnas Boulevard. As a result, at least 200 people were detained during the riots.