PARIS—French anti-riot police fired teargas 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 push back demonstrators near the capital’s Gare Saint-Lazare railway station after the protesters pushed over a police motorbike carrying several officers.
At another protest in west Paris, demonstrators opposed to anti-virus 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 health workers.
