WorldBBCFrance prepares for day of protest a week after nationwide riots
France is bracing for a second wave of nationwide protests on Saturday, with 70,000 police deployed after sweeping restrictions failed to deter hundreds of thousands of demonstrators.
More than 70,000 police officers are to be deployed over fears protesters will defy restrictions on demonstrations.
France has deployed 70,000 police ahead of a second round of nationwide protests, a week after some of the worst civil unrest the country has seen in decades.
President Macron decreed that only trade union-organised demonstrations would be permitted, and several cities including Lyon and Nice imposed blanket bans on gatherings.
Organisers appear undeterred, with hundreds of protests still planned across France despite the restrictions and hundreds of people already jailed after fast-track court hearings.
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