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A bank was burnt in Nice as thousands of protesters from around Europe gathered in the French city on December 7 to shut down a meeting of the European Summit.

As the European leaders arrived, tear gas filled the streets leading to the Acropolis convention centre, and police fought battles with groups of protesters trying to scale steel road barriers.

In Paris, scuffles broke out at railway stations when members of a French unemployed group demanded the right to free travel to Nice. Police had to forcibly remove the protesters.

Meanwhile, on the French border "Fortress Europe" was again in operation, with the French army denying entry to around 1,000 Italian protesters.

The European Summit in Nice is being attended by the leaders of all the EU governments. It aims to agree on legislation which will undermine the rights of EU workers and create a common European army. It will also hand over various powers to the WTO.