French Police. File photoPARIS, April 25, Anastasia Ivanova.Clashes between radical youth and the police began in Paris after the announcement of the preliminary results of the presidential elections, law enforcement officers used tear gas, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene. In France on Sunday passed the second round of presidential elections. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, according to the results of counting 80%, the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron is gaining 54.81%, his rival, the leader of the far-right National Unity party, Marine Le Pen — 45.19%. After the announcement of the first results of the second round on Republic Square in People began to gather in Paris, shouting slogans against both Macron and Le Pen. However, after dark, about a hundred young people remained who chanted «We are anti-fascists!» and shouted insults at the law enforcement officer. The police cordoned off all the entrances to the square. The demonstration was also joined by radical young people in black clothes belonging to the black bloc movement, who often organize provocations and riots. They started throwing bottles and other objects at the police officers. In response, the police fired tear gas.
