Violent protests against the cost of living, education standards and Emmanuel Macron's government spread across France and Europe on Saturday, with a video showing a shopkeeper pleading with looters in vain. In France, more than 1,200 people were arrested as roughly 550,000 people took to the streets, and the historic Limoges Town Hall, built in 1883 and having survived both world wars, was torched and collapsed. Copycat protests in Italy saw clashes with police in Milan, tear gas near the Duomo, shuttered shops and several injuries and arrests, while several hundred students protested in Brussels over rising education costs. In France, protesters hurled baguettes at riot police in Paris, a Lyon tourist office and cars were set on fire, and looters stormed the Galeries Lafayette in Bordeaux. Sixty officers were injured, and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the authorities would not be intimidated and that those responsible should pay for the damage.
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