French police have deployed tear gas near Paris’ Place de la Republique in a bid to disperse demonstrators.

It comes after radical protestors, clad in black, set trash cans on fire and hurled objects at riot police. Chants of «Macron, resign!» echoed along Boulevard de Magenta.

A trailer was also set ablaze and CNN witnessed a protester climb a gate and destroy a security camera.

As of 3:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. ET), police had detained 71 people for questioning and carried out 9,350 preventative checks.