Mass protests challenge Macron as French police fire tear gas, use cannons

More than 100,000 people marched in Paris on Saturday over school funding and soaring living costs, challenging President Emmanuel Macron's government as police fired tear gas and water cannons near the end of the protest. Paris police estimated turnout at 110,000, with demonstrators mobilizing despite restrictions that confined the march to the city's southeastern edge, away from the center. Police used tear gas in several cities, including Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, and Strasbourg, and water cannons in Nice and Nantes, French media reported.
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