Over 170 protesters were arrested in Paris during riots

At least 171 people were arrested during riots in Paris on Monday, coinciding with the approval in the National Assembly of the pension reform.

The opposition denounces the arrest of peaceful demonstrators, including politicians from La France Insoumise.

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of central Paris on Monday, knocked over garbage containers, set them on fire, and looted stores in the most emblematic commercial streets of the French capital, according to the French press.

The police deployed BRAV-M riot police who chased those responsible for this havoc in Montmartre, Opera, and Louvre.

The demonstrators chanted anti-capitalist slogans, while the violent ones caused significant material damage.

The leader of La France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, has called for an “immediate halt to the arrests”.

“Tonight, dozens of peaceful people were arrested violently and arbitrarily. Among them are Emma Fourreau, co-responsible for Young Insubmissives, and Laurent Abrahams, activist of La France Insoumise. We demand the immediate cessation of arrests and the release of the prisoners!” posted Mélenchon on Twitter.

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