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Around 50 political organisations and movements join protesters on Paris's Place de la République to condemn anti-Semitism after a spate of anti-Jewish vandalism and offences in the country. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and more than half of government ministers are expected to join the protest. IMAGES (completes VID1306380_EN)
A rally against anti-Semitism organised by French far-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) is disrupted by demonstrators carrying signs reading "Touche pas à la mémoire" ("Don't touch our remembrance"), in criticism of party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's stance on recent events. The protest took place near the site of the former Vél d'Hiv in Paris, where Jews were infamously rounded up and detained during the second World War before being sent to camps. IMAGES
Anti-racism protesters in the French capital defy a ban to join a weekend of global rallies against racism and police brutality. The death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in the US state of Minnesota, has brought tens of thousands out onto the streets around the world. IMAGES
Several thousand demonstrators, including railway workers, teachers and lawyers, took to the streets of Paris to march against pension reform. The government wants to fuse France's 42 different retirement schemes into a single points-based system but opponents fear a drastic decline in pension levels. IMAGES
Hundreds of people gathered in Montpellier, Herault, to denounce anti-Semitism after the attack on the synagogue in La Grande-Motte. On Saturday, a suspect, who has since been arrested, tried to set fire to the synagogue. IMAGES