French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has warned that “radical activists” could infiltrate union and Yellow Vest protests nationwide, France24 reports.
More than 7,400 police have been deployed in Paris, where the main union protest will march from the Montparnasse train station to the Place d’Italie, in the south of the city.
Authorities have ordered at least 580 shops and restaurants along the protest route to close as a precaution.
Demonstrations have been banned at a number of locations in the French capital, including: the Champs-Elysées Avenue, the nearby Elysée presidential palace and the area around the Notre-Dame Cathedral.