Photo: AFPThe Local · 20 Oct 2016, 09:18Published: 20 Oct 2016 09:18 GMT+02:00Updated: 20 Oct 2016 09:18 GMT+02:00Despite the government’s efforts to calm their anger, French police took to the streets for the third night of unauthorised protests, many demanding the interior minister resign. On Wednesday night officers took to the streets of Paris, Nancy, Toulouse and other towns and cities across France in what was the third night of unauthorised, spontaneous protests. Some 500 officers descended on the symbolic Place de la Republique in Paris, the focal point of many protests in the capital, where they sang the Marseillaise and chanted for Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to resign. Wednesday’s protests happened despite the Interior Minister Cazeneuve and Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas holding talks with police union leaders earlier in the day. Police are set to hold a national day of protest on October 26th with the public invited to join them.

Source: The Local October 20, 2016 06:52 UTC