China News Agency, Paris, May 1 (Reporter Li Yang) On May 1, local time, France ushered in the 2022 "May 1" Labor Day Parade.

French officials said that more than 110,000 people across France participated in the demonstrations in Paris and other places that day.

　　The French Interior Ministry reported that night that 116,000 people participated in the march across France, and about 24,000 marched in Paris.

Official figures show an increase in parade attendance in 2022 compared to 2021.

The French Federation of Trade Unions, which organized the march, said the number of marchers in France reached 210,000, of which 50,000 marched in Paris.

　　The "May 1st" Labor Day parade in the capital Paris began in the afternoon, starting at the Republic Square and ending at the Nation Square.

The reporter saw at the scene that many marchers gathered and set off at the Republic Square, and various flags were fluttering in the square, but there was no large number of police guards there.

The placards of the marchers included opposing retirement reform and focusing on climate change.

Several subway stations around Republic Square were temporarily closed that day.

　　The march was generally smooth, but a few violent demonstrators burned garbage and smashed shops during the march, causing damage to some shops.

Video footage from French BFM TV showed that individual violent demonstrators attacked firefighters who came to put out the fire and snatched fire-fighting equipment.

Riot police standing guard along the way threw tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, control the situation and arrest the suspects.

　　French Interior Minister Dalmanin condemned the violent incident in Paris, expressing full support for the police to enforce the law and ensure public order.

He revealed that eight law enforcement officers were injured.

Paris police issued a statement condemning the attack on firefighters.

Paris prosecutors said that as of the evening of the 1st, 50 people had been arrested in Paris.

　　French far-left party "Unyielding France" leader Mélenchon participated in a parade in Paris. He said he would actively prepare for the parliamentary elections to be held in June and try his best to unite the socialist party of the center-left camp.

Melenchon, as a far-left party candidate, won the third most votes in the first round of the April presidential election, behind only President Emmanuel Macron, who won re-election, and Marina Le, the far-right party's "National League" candidate. Pang.

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