French anti-riot police fired teargas and water canons on Saturday as clashes broke out during protests in central Paris against a proposed vaccine passport.
The bill would require everyone to have a special virus pass to enter restaurants and other venues and make. Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all health care workers.
Legislators in France's Senate were debating the bill on Saturday after the lower house of parliament approved it on Friday.
Footage posted online showed riot police clashing with protesters and firing tear gas into the crowd.
Another video showed police trying to push back demonstrators near the capital's Gare Saint-Lazare railway station after the protesters pushed over a motorbike carrying several officers.
At another protest called by far-right politicians in west Paris, demonstrators opposed to anti-virus measures carried banners reading 'Stop the dictatorship'.
Protesters hold French flags as they are hit by the spray of a water canon during a demonstration against the compulsory vaccination of certain workers and the obligatory use of a health pass
French anti-riot police fired teargas on Saturday as clashes broke out during protests in central Paris against a proposed vaccine passport
Footage and images posted online showed riot police clashing with protesters and firing tear gas into the crowd on Saturday
A protester flees after riot police fired tear gas during a demonstration against a proposed health pass in Paris on Saturday
Protesters built up barricades with fences they took from a construction site during a demonstration against the proposed vaccination pass and mandatory jabs for health workers
Riot police with shields and protective gear were deployed in Toulouse on Saturday as thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against a planned health pass
Thousands of demonstrators gathered at Place Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday to protest against a proposed vaccine passport
Thousands of protesters marched through Paris towards the Place Trocadero on Saturday, demonstrating against a proposed vaccine pass
It comes as as virus infections are spiking and hospitalisations are rising anew across France.
The government is trying to speed up vaccinations to protect vulnerable populations and hospitals, and avoid new lockdowns.
Most French adults are fully vaccinated and polls indicate a majority of French people support the new measures. But not everyone.
Protesters chanting 'Liberty! Liberty!' gathered at Bastille plaza and marched through eastern Paris in one of several demonstrations around France on Saturday.
Thousands also joined a gathering across the Seine River from the Eiffel Tower organised by a former top official in Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration party.
Protests also took place in cities across France including Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes and Toulouse.
Police fired tear gas at protesters, some wearing yellow vests, during demonstrations against a proposed health pass in Paris on Saturday
Clashes broke out between riot police and demonstrators during protests against a planned vaccine pass as it was debated by legislators in the French senate on Saturday
Riot police run on a street during clashes on the sidelines of a demonstration against the compulsory vaccination for certain workers and the mandatory use of the health
