French far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon placed himself at the front of Saturday’s protest in Paris, despite accusations that he and his far-left France Insoumise (France in Rebellion/LFI) party have manipulated the student protests to incite violent riots and unrest.
\n\nUpdate 1810: Clashes between rioters and police have started to break out in Paris, including on the Rue des Meuniers, where police came under fire from protesters hurling stones and chanting “ACAB” (All Cops Are Bastards). The police in turn fired tear gas into the mob in an attempt to disperse the violent crowd, which had also begun setting fires and damaging street advertisements, Le Figaro reported.
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\n\nThe Paris Police prefecture estimated that between 100,000 and 150,000 demonstrators would take part in the march from Porte de Bagnolet and Porte de Charenton in the French capital on Saturday.
\n\nAt the helm of the protest was LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the 75-year-old radical socialist who has ridden the wave of the past month of rioting in France to leapfrog into second place in the race to replace President Emmanuel Macron next spring, trailing only anti-mass-migration stalwart Marine Le Pen.
\n\nAccording to French paper of record…
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