Workers and students blamed President Macron for the economic and social deterioration of France as thousands took to the streets to call for his resignation.
Anti-austerity protests swept through France on Thursday with demonstrators voicing complaints that eight years of leadership by France's business-friendly president have benefited too few people and hurt too many.
Marching in Paris, hospital nurse Aya Touré said she was 'really, really fed up' with France's leaders.
'Those people are governing us, they have no clue about real-life issues. We are paying the price.'
'I don't know how it's even possible to consider making cost savings,' said Clara Simon, a history student who marched in the crowd of demonstrators in Paris, brandishing a poster that read: 'University in danger.'
