French CRS riot police protect themselves from flames during clashes with 'workers' at the traditional May Day union march in Paris. One Paris police officer was seriously burnt and two others injured in confrontations with protesters. The clashes foreshadowed the approaching confrontation between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, the two winners of the first round of France's presidential election. The centrist Macron evoked the memory of a May Day 22 years ago as he tried to paint the eurosceptic, anti-immigration Le Pen as an extremist. For her part, Le Pen portrayed Macron as a clone of the outgoing president, the highly unpopular Francois Hollande.

Source: Bangkok Post May 01, 2017 17:15 UTC