French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (L) and French Labour Minister Myriam El Khomri (R) react before a no-confidence vote against the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Thursday faced a wave of labour strikes and festering street protests even as his government survived a vote of no-confidence over plans to deregulate the labour market without a parliamentary vote.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across France on Thursday, including Nantes where protesters ransacked the main train station. In Paris, police used teargas to disperse hooded and masked stone-throwers at the tail-end of an afternoon street march.
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