Chaos on the streets of France; The police brutally arrest protesters; Journalists attacked PHOTO/VIDEO

In addition, about fifty unblocking actions were carried out on main roads, train and bus depots and roundabouts, said today the outgoing French Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau.

According to the Paris police, 132 people were arrested in the Paris region, reports BFM TV.

"I condemn these acts, which are unacceptable," said Retailleau and emphasized that these blockades are attempts to limit the movement and freedom of the French, and that no one should "take others hostage".

According to him, there is "no civil mobilization at all" in these protests. "The protests were diverted, confiscated, hijacked by the movement of the extreme left and ultra-left," he pointed out.

According to Retailleau, it is about mobile small groups, often masked, with hoods and dressed in black, in which the movements of the ultra-left can actually be recognized.

"There are already violent actions," Retailleau added.

He condemned the MPs who, as he said, want to use the protests to "create an insurgent climate in France" and said that they will not succeed in this.

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Protests have been taking place since early this morning in around 80 locations in France, and police said they "used resources to disperse hostile protesters who were blocking traffic."

The protests were organized by the "Block everyone" group, and according to the latest information from the French gendarmerie, more than 3,000 demonstrators are on the streets of France and 10 roads are blocked.

Protests are very intense in the city of Rennes, where traffic on the ring road is blocked by protesters, local authorities said.

There was also a conflict between the demonstrators and the police, according to the statement.

According to several local media, the bus caught fire near Pont de l'Alma, and around 300 protesters gathered.

Several large groups of protesters have gathered in Lyon, where around 100 people are blocking the roundabout after blocking a nearby road, BFM reports.

National Gendarmerie spokesman Erwan Coiffard said that tensions are higher in the west of the country, and that "significant actions" were carried out in the Brittany region.

"They range from damaging speed cameras to checking and blocking operations. If it's checking, we prioritize dialogue, if it's blocking, we'll continue unblocking," he said.

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Earlier today, outgoing Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said attempted blockades in Paris and Bordeaux had been thwarted, while France's internal security services said they expected around 100,000 people to take part in demonstrations and blockades across the country.