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French anti-riot police fired tear gas on Saturday as clashes broke out during protests in central Paris against Covid-19 curbs and vaccination, local television reported.
Television pictures showed police trying to tackle demonstrators near the capital’s Gare Saint-Lazare railway station after the protesters pushed over a police motorbike carrying several officers.
At another protest called by far-right politicians in west Paris, demonstrators opposed to antivirus measures carried banners reading “Stop the dictatorship”.

Across France, protests were also planned in cities including Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes and Toulouse.
French lawmakers are due to vote this weekend on a bill drafted by the government aimed at setting up a health pass and mandatory vaccination for medical workers.


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Tear gas fired as protesters clash with police over antivirus curbs in Paris

Protesters walk past tear gas smoke in Paris. Photo: AFP

A protester, wearing a yellow vest, is arrested during clashes on the sidelines of a demonstration against the compulsory vaccination for certain workers and the mandatory use of the health pass called by the French government in Paris on July 24, 2021. - Since July 21, people wanting to go to in most public spaces in France have to show a proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative test, as the country braces for a feared spike in cases from the highly transmissible Covid-19 Delta variant. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)

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People sit in a post-injection resting room at a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Rennes, France. Photo: AFP

epa09321544 People queue to be vaccinated with the Janssen (Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson) vaccine on the 'Open Night' organized by ASL RM1 at the COVID-19 vaccination hub of Santo Spirito hospital, in Rome, Italy, 03 July 2021. EPA-EFE/GIUSEPPE LAMI

People wait to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Lyon, France. Photo: AP

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A man wears a protective face mask at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Photo: Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators attend a protest against the new measures announced by French President Emmanuel Macron to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Paris, France, July 17, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

People with health passes wait to enter the Louvre museum in front of the Louvre Pyramid designed by Chinese-born U.S. architect Ieoh Ming Pei amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Paris, France, July 21, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

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Across France, protests were also planned in cities including Marseille, Montpellier and Nantes
French lawmakers are due to vote this weekend on a bill aimed at mandatory vaccination for medical workers



Across France, protests were also planned in cities including Marseille, Montpellier and Nantes.


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