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French police arrested more than 200 people today as protesters from the "Bloquons tout" ("Block Everything") movement attempted to paralyze transport and daily life across France, two days after the fall of Prime Minister François Bayrou's government.
Authorities deployed 80,000 police officers and gendarmes, while thousands of demonstrators lit fires, built barricades and tried to block the Paris ring road, the busiest urban highway in Europe. The prefecture reported 95 arrests in the Paris area and eight outside the capital by this morning.
At Porte de Montreuil in eastern Paris, protesters set fire to trash cans and tried to block tram tracks before police removed the barriers and dispersed the crowds. Demonstrators also entered the highway in an attempt to block traffic, but were also stopped by law enforcement.
Tensions have also risen around Paris' Gare du Nord railway station, one of the busiest train stations in Europe, where several hundred people gathered by 10:30 a.m.
Police have closed off the entrance to the train station, but protesters are trying to force their way in. Since then, law enforcement has used tear gas on demonstrators, while some passengers have also been involved in the chaos.
The leaderless “Block Everything” movement gained momentum from anger over inflation, austerity and what supporters call a dysfunctional political class. Unlike the structured Yellow Vest protests of 2018, “Block Everything” emerged this summer with less organization but considerable online support.
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