New French PM takes office as ‘Block Everything’ protests rock country – as it happened

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A teacher taking part in the protests in Paris said he was against the ousted government's planned budget cuts. [Francois]Bayrou was ousted, [now] his policies must be eliminated," Christophe Lalande told Reuters, calling for more funding for schools and hospitals.

At another protest in the city, unionist Amar Lagha told the news agency:

This day is a message to all the workers of this country: that there is no resignation, the fight continues, and a message to this government that we won't back down, and if we have to die, we'll die standing.