Tear gas, arrests in new anti-Macron demo in Paris

Musicians perform at the Paris Opera in support of the strike against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms. AFP/STEPHANE DE SAKUTINPARIS: French police fired tear gas under a rain of projectiles and arrested dozens of people on Saturday as thousands of"yellow vest" anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Paris.

Trains are becoming more frequent however, and Paris's metro drivers voted to suspend their action from Monday, their union UNSA announced Saturday. The transport unions have joined forces with the yellow vests, who accuse Macron of ruling on behalf of an urban elite while ignoring people in the provinces and the countryside, many of whom struggle to make ends meet.

On Friday, hundreds of disappointed visitors had massed outside the Louvre, some hurling insults at strikers who had blocked the entrance. The Paris Opera orchestra on Saturday gave renditions of Carmen and other works to Parisians and tourists on the steps of the Palais Garnier to show support for the strike.

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