France deployed 70,000 police officers Thursday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets for nationwide strikes and protests after left-wing groups called for a mobilization.In Paris, the Eiffel Tower was closed; in Lyon, French riot police fired tear gas and charged a group of protesters; and near Toulouse, a high school was set on fire, according to Reuters."We need to turn up in big numbers on the streets today," the news agency quoted the head of the left-wing CGT union Sophie Binet as saying.The demonstrations come after France was rocked by violent protests in October, which outgoing