Thousands of protesters took part in demonstrations across France against a spate of antisemitic attacks.

Demonstrations took place at the Place de la République in Paris and other French cities.

Protestors marched under the slogan "That's Enough" and were joined by figures from across the political spectrum, including Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and former Presidents François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy.

The protests came after nearly 100 Jewish graves at a cemetery in Quatzenheim, Alsace, were desecrated with antisemitic graffiti on Tuesday morning.

Photographs from the scene showed swastikas and antisemitic graffiti daubed on tomb stones bearing Stars of David and Hebrew lettering.

President Emmanuel Macron visited the cemetery and promised to take more action on hate crimes.

"We shall act, we shall pass laws, we shall punish," Mr Macron told Jewish leaders as he toured the cemetery to see the damage to Jewish graves.

The call to protest was first made by Olivier Faure, first secretary of the Socialist Party, who asked people to gather in Paris on Tuesday.

The event was later endorsed by more the 50 political parties, unions and associations, and parliament suspended its work in order to allow MPs to attend the rally.

Similar demonstrations took place in 60 French cities including Marseille, Bordeaux and Nantes.

Speaking to the BBC one of the Paris protestors said: “I don't exactly know why they are angry at the Jews."