VIDEO: Protesters Build Barricades in Lyon, Demonstration in Paris

Unrest has erupted in Lyon as protesters are building barricades and setting off fireworks, while security forces gather in the city center.

Meanwhile, the French Prime Minister has allowed candidates from the presidential coalition to withdraw from the second round if it would enable them to defeat the leading "National Rally" party in the elections.

In Place de la République in Paris, protesters lit flares and expressed their dissatisfaction with the leading "National Rally" party in the elections.