France and Germany braced for unrest with hundreds of demonstrations planned – Europe live

French interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, warned earlier this week of a ‘very high risk of public disorder’ In Paris, two separate marches planned by unions and gilets jaunes through the city centre have been banned. Instead, police have authorised a single march in the far south-east. An appeal by organisers against the decision to exclude them from the centre was rejected late on Friday night.…