Trouble

News that we don't see in the french press (from the BBC web site)

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From the Beeb "... Several hundred rioters in the Place de la Bastille threw bottles and stones at police, shouting "Sarko-fascist".

Two police officers were injured in Nantes, where 1,000 demonstrators turned to violence. Arrests were made in half-a-dozen cities, but the trouble soon subsided"

From the Guardian " ... Mr Sarkozy's victory was marred by violence across France as police and anti-Sarkozy protesters fought running battles into the early hours of yesterday morning.
Almost 600 people were arrested after demonstrators set fire to 730 cars, smashed shops and firebombed public buildings in cities across France. More than 70 police officers were injured.

The worst violence happened in Paris's Bastille area where police fired teargas and water-cannon to disperse leftwing crowds.

After the teargas was fired into the crowd, protesters shouting "police everywhere, justice nowhere!" fought officers, smashing phone cabins and shop windows.

"Everyone got hit," said Sophie Wolkowitch, whose pharmacy suffered €14,000-worth (£9,500) of damage.

Shopkeepers at Paris's Gare de Lyon were yesterday clearing away broken glass and graffiti.

Further clashes between crowds and police were reported in Toulouse and Lyon, where anti-Sarkozy protesters threw one of the president-elect's supporters into the Rhône.

Bus shelters were smashed in the northern city of Lille and a school was set on fire in the Paris suburb of Evry in protest at Mr Sarkozy, once known as France's "top cop" and hated by many on housing estates for his divisive, uncompromising language.

In the northern department clustered around Lille, about 100 cars were torched.

In Nantes, 26 people were held for questioning and six police were slightly injured after 1,000 people joined an anti-Sarkozy march.

In Caen, four police were hurt and protesters tried to set fire to a local office of Mr Sarkozy's party ..."