French President Emmanuel Macron has said that protests in France this weekend will be restricted to authorised trade union demonstrations, amid differing measures in cities across the country.
Macron said only officially authorised demonstrations would be permitted. The announcement means other forms of protest will not be allowed under the restrictions outlined for the weekend.
Some cities have introduced tighter measures. Lyon and Nice have banned all protests, preventing demonstrations from taking place there regardless of whether they are linked to trade unions.
The measures create different rules across France, with some locations allowing authorised union events while others have prohibited protests altogether. The supplied information does not specify how long the restrictions will remain in place or whether further cities will adopt similar bans.
For the weekend, the latest position is that only authorised trade union demonstrations are expected to be permitted nationally, while Lyon and Nice have imposed complete bans on protests.
