French CRS riot police face off with demonstrators after the election of Emmanuel Macron as French President, in Paris. (Reuters photo)PARIS -- Police arrested 141 people in Paris after trouble flared overnight following Emmanuel Macron's victory in France's presidential election, police said on Monday. Those detained in Menilmontant, a north-eastern district of Paris, were accused of offences ranging from throwing missiles at the police to damaging property. Macron beat Le Pen by 66% to 34% on a platform of market-friendly reform and closer European integration. The hardline leftist CGT labour union planned a demonstration in the capital later in the day against the kind of liberal economic policies that Macron espouses.

Source: Bangkok Post May 08, 2017 10:33 UTC