More than 280 people arrested in March under the "yellow vest" for the worker's day | Chronic

The commemoration of Labor Day Wednesday mobilized hundreds of thousands of French people across the country, with some pockets of violence and tension, which resulted in 288 detainees in a mbadive police operation aimed at preventing a recurrence of the chaos of last month's demonstrations of so-called yellow vests.

According to the CGT, more than 310,000 protesters took to the streets of the country, while the police estimated that the number of calls was 151,000. In Paris, the unions said more than 40,000 people had protested, while the government estimated the number at 16,000.

The deployment of the police reached the entire city and before noon the security forces had already carried out more than 15,000 identity checks. "preventive", According to a spokesman for the police headquarters, quoted by the local newspaper The world

I also read: More than 120 detainees in France for the new walk of "yellow vests"

Traditionally, Workers Day in France is commemorated by mbad marches organized throughout the country by trade union centers and, at the same time, by a demonstration by the National Front, which has become a national badociation, the main force of the far right of the country. country.

While the demonstrations called by the unionism are generally peaceful and without incident, the demonstration of the extreme right is very violent.

But the last months of the weekly demonstrations of yellow vests loaded with special tensions on this year's worker's day.

I also read: The 21st demonstration of yellow vests was "poor"

While in some cities in the interior of the country, such as Nantes, the traditional manifestation of trade union centers was going smoothly, in Lyon, thousands of members of the movement wearing yellow vests were leading demonstrations and in various parts of the country. Paris, occupied strategic points of the traditional march. union and printed a belligerent tone that usually does not have.

Neighborhoods such as Montparnbade and places like the Plaza de Italia were scenes of the greatest moments of tension, including clashes with the police, who fought back with tear gas.

Despite the disturbances and some cases of attacks on buildings, the traditional demonstration of the French unions on the occasion of Labor Day was not disproportionately large, like other manifestations of protest of the yellow vest.