PARIS — Thousands of students and workers marched in Paris and other French cities Saturday over school funding and soaring living costs.
\n\nPolice used tear gas in Lyon, where the rally had been banned, on Saturday morning. In Clermont-Ferrand, officers used tear gas and stun grenades to push back demonstrators trying to reach the city center, French media reported.
\n\nAuthorities had confined the Paris march to the city’s southeastern edge, away from the center. Several thousand people marched from Porte d’Italie early in the afternoon, a smaller crowd than a week earlier. Trade unions led the procession, followed by protesters in raincoats carrying flags and handmade placards.
\n\nAuthorities sought to prevent another weekend of looting, burned cars and attacks on public buildings. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said up to 70,000 officers would be deployed nationwide, backed by helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons.
\n\nThousands also marched Saturday in Orléans, south of Paris, in a separate peaceful protest against the far right as Marine Le Pen’s National Rally held a two-day congress in the city.
\n\nWhat began last month as a protest over staff shortages at one high school southeast of Paris has grown into a national movement. Students demanding better…
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