Protesters across France disrupted traffic, burnt rubbish bins and at times clashed with police on Wednesday in a bid to "Block Everything" in a show of anger against President Emmanuel Macron, the political establishment and planned budget cuts.

Axar.az informs, citing Reuters, nearly 300 protesters were arrested across the country.

The "Block Everything" movement - a broad expression of discontent that has no centralised leadership and is organised in ad hoc fashion on social media - sprung up online in May among right-wing groups, researchers and officials said, but has since been taken over by the left and far-left.

The interior minister Retailleau said 80,000 security forces had been deployed throughout the country, including 6,000 in Paris.

French media had reported that 100,000 people were expected to take part in the demonstrations.