Faced with the growing anger of French police, the government has met with unions in Paris in an effort to defuse tensions.<br /><br /> Spontaneous protests by officers have sprung up in the last week over a lack of resources, an ever-increasing workload and a lack of up-to-date equipment to protect them from attack.<br /><br /> One police woman at the protest said she was there to ‘tell the government we’re unhappy with the current situation’ saying the , the police are suffering from ‘a lack of consideration, means and workforce’, she added ‘we can’t go on like this’. <br /><br /> Earlier this month a petrol-bomb attack on four police officers near Paris left two officers severely wounded, further fuelling discontent.<br /><br /> Following the meeting with the unions, the Interior Minister pledged 250 million euros would be set aside for new equipment, as well as a raft of measures to help protect officers, which will be presented to parliament by the end of November.<br />
