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in Paris. This is a protest called Let's Block Everything, Block en Tout
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This is an expression of hostility towards not only Emmanuel Macron's president
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but the country's entire governing class. We can see there a restaurant. Live pictures there now
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You can see the emergency services have moved in, dousing what appears to be a restaurant in central Paris set on fire
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These protests have been condemned by France's interior minister, who is blaming this on it's not a citizen's movement in any way, he said
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It's been hijacked by the ultra-hard left, and some of them are determined to carry out violent actions
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There is an insurrectional mood in the air, says France's interior minister
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And we can certainly see that seems to be the case in Paris. And these protests, Chris Hope, let's get you in
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they're expected to rock out across French cities all across the nation
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the French are extremely unhappy with the way they're being governed and and
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supposed austerity cuts. That's right the original sin goes back to Emmanuel
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Macron for ordering that surprise election last year that made it even more uncertain about how to get measures through the French Parliament They want to try and remove rights and some of the benefits are felt by workers and pensioners
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and so it goes on. And they are not happy in France. I mean, I know we were much mocked as a country by France
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when we went through a number of Prime Ministers post the vote to leave the European Union
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Well, they've gone through as many, I think, five or so. Macron's gone through seven of them
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Seven, is it? So the idea that we are a basket case internationally after Brexit
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well, have a look at the pictures there. Almost certainly it's going towards the idea
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there may need to be another general election in France and try and end the uncertainty
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But right now, that is not what France wants to portray. Nigel Nelson, it's the left that do these things all the time
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Everyone slags off the far right. This is the far left. I think that this is actually just chaos in France
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If we think our unions are bad, that when they get the bit between their teeth, they really go for it
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So what you've just seen is the collapse of the French government, instability to follow, you would expect
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The basic thing is France has been living beyond its means. They're trying to control the budget
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People don't want that, and it's turned into rioting
