Hundreds of French university students on Thursday occupied or blocked buildings at the Sorbonne in Paris and other schools to express their anger over France's presidential election.
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They oppose both candidates who made it into the April 24 presidential runoff, centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen, fearing that neither would do enough to protect the poor or the environment.
Students threw leaflets from windows at the world-renowned Sorbonne and chanted "we are all anti-fascists," and at one point police fired tear gas as they sought to prevent other students from arriving. A banner hung outside reading "Sorbonne occupied against Macron, Le Pen and their world."
At the prestigious political sciences institute Sciences-Po, left-wing students barricaded the main entrance with garbage cans and banners. A far-right student group posted a video showing youths seeking to clear the barricade by violently tossing garbage bins aside.
Paris police reported multiple blockages and scattered incidents at various universities Thursday.
