Nearly 300 people were arrested in France on Wednesday as “Block Everything” demonstrations disrupted transport and public services in cities across the country, authorities said. The unrest coincided with the inauguration of Sébastien Lecornu, the country’s fifth prime minister in under two years.
At the official handover ceremony in Paris, Lecornu, 39, promised a “profound break” in substance “and not just in form” as he took office from outgoing prime minister François Bayrou.
