<p>As the first round of the French presidential election looms, Paris police clashed with anti-fascist protesters near a rally at a Paris arena by far-right Front National leader Marine Le Pen on Monday evening, April 17.</p><p>Skirmishes also broke out</a> in the capital on Sunday, as protesters marched from a northern multi-ethnic neighbourhood to La Villette Park, where Monday’s rally was held. Protesters contend that basic freedoms will disappear if Le Pen is voted into power.</p><br />
