French police arrested nearly 1,000 people as hundreds of thousands protested against Emmanuel Macron’s government over living costs, school conditions and restrictions on demonstrations. Thousands protested across France against Macron’s government.Police arrested nearly 1,000 people amid clashes.School conditions and protest restrictions have fuelled public anger.The French police made around 1000 arrests on Saturday after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for another day of protest.