French police fired tear at protesters during Block Everything protesters in Marseille, France. Photo: AP PHOTO

Protesters are staging demonstrations across France, disrupting traffic, burning rubbish bins and at times clashing with police in a bid to "Block Everything" in anger at the political class and planned budget cuts.

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Security forces deployed across the country to try to remove any blockades as fast as possible, officials said, meaning that France was, for now, not blocked.

Dozens of protesters were arrested on Wednesday and there were some scuffles with police.

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