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"This mural shocks me," says French interior minister Christophe Castaner, referring to a mural "against racism and police violence" depicting the faces of George Floyd and Adama Traoré. It is an "amalgam", adds Castaner, in response to a question from the left-wing opposition in the National Assembly. SOUNDBITE
Around a thousand firefighters demonstrate in Strasbourg to protest against the violence they are subjected to on a regular basis. They denounce an increase in acts of incivility, accompanied by physical and verbal abuse. It follows a New Year period marred by attacks on firemen during call-outs. IMAGES
The lights of the Eiffel Tower are switched off for one minute at midnight to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. IMAGES
As 'yellow vest' protests against President Emmanuel Macron wane in mainland France, anti-fuel hike protesters continue to cripple the island of Réunion, where the movement has sparked violence and triggered a curfew in half the island's towns. IMAGES (COMPLETES VID1267196_EN°
Dozens of protesters holding signs critical of the Kremlin demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Paris, heeding opposition calls to demonstrate against President Vladimir Putin on the last day of the country's presidential vote. Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who lives in exile in France after protesting the offensive in Ukraine on Russian state TV, is in attendance, telling AFP they want to "to show all the world we are against Putin." IMAGES
"This constitutional revision will make this tragedy irreversible for the weakest members of society," says Marie-Lys Pellissier, spokesperson for the "March for Life", at an anti-abortion rights demonstration of about fifty activists near Port-Royal as the Senate prepared to vote on enshrining abortion in the Constitution. IMAGES