Fire fighters work to extinguish a car set ablaze May 7, 2007 after demonstrations against the election of France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
PARIS, May 8 (Xinhua) -- A total of 365 vehicles were
burnt in metropolitan France in the night of Monday to Tuesday, marking the
second consecutive day of violence since the presidential run-off on Sunday,
according to official figures issued by police on Tuesday.
The head office of the national police (DGPN) shows
in its figures issued late Tuesday that 160 arrests, mostly among extreme left
supporters, were made and a policeman injured. The figures are lower compared to
those recorded in the night of Sunday to Monday when 730 vehicles were torched
and 595 people arrested.
The new wave of anti-Sarkozy demonstrations which
degenerated into serious clashes with the police were condemned by leftists
political parties, who called for calm and urged those responsible to express
their discontent through voting during the forthcoming legislative elections
scheduled for June 10 and June 17.
"I launched an appeal Sunday evening for
responsibility and calm," Socialist Party's secretary general Francois Hollande
said on RTL radio.
Paris socialist mayor Bertrand Delanoi said
"democracy calls for the respect of universal suffrage."
PARIS, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 730 vehicles were
burnt on the night of Sunday to Monday following the French presidential
run-off, according to the latest announcement made by the head office of
national police (DGPN) on Monday.
According to DGPN, 592 persons had been questioned
for the involvement in the incidents.
Besides, 78 police officers and gendarmes were
injured over the night. Full story
PARIS, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Right-winger
Nicolas Sarkozy has won the French presidential race by winning 53.7 percent of
the vote in Sunday's run-off with Socialist Segolene Royal, preliminary results
show.
He will succeed 74-year-old Jacques Chirac, who has
ruled for 12 years. Full story
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