SriLanka, Oct. 25 -- Clashes broke out Saturday (Oct 24) in Paris and other French cities amid demonstrations held a week after others that had degenerated into street violence and prompted a robust security backlash as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to restore order.

Police fired tear gas at protesters in the capital as well as in Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Montpellier and Nantes, hours after Interior Minister Laurent Nunez had warned: "We will not tolerate any violence or any disturbance of public order."

Authorities had deployed 70,000 security forces across the country for the new marches, which were called, again, to protest the cost of living.

The rioting that occurred a week ago saw public buildings vandalised,...