The yearly May Day marches in France were exceptionally violent this year, with more clashes between police and protesters still upset at the pension reform implemented last month.
They were more intense this year, gathering 782,000 people across the country.
Protesters clashed with security forces across France as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. Macron last month signed a law to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, despite months of strikes against the bill.
Mr Darmanin condemned protesters he described as being from the far-left, known as "black blocs," saying they numbered around 2,000 in Paris and another 1,000 in Lyon. He urged that "those who attacked the police and public property be severely punished."
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