Protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform saw clashes between police and protesters in France for the third consecutive night on Saturday. Trash cans and garbage containers were set on fire in Paris, and police used tear gas.
Protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform saw clashes between police and protesters in France for the third consecutive night on Saturday. Trash cans and garbage containers were set on fire in Paris, and police used tear gas.
The BFMTV news portal, citing police sources, reported that 81 people had been arrested. Around 4,000 people gathered for the protest in the capital. Demonstrations also took place in other cities, including Nantes, Marseille and Bordeaux. People oppose raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, a reform Macron pushed through on Thursday bypassing a parliamentary vote.
The main French unions have announced new demonstrations to reverse the reform.
E. Macron pleads for raising the retirement age, saying that otherwise the pension system will collapse. Fearing opposition in parliament, his government passed the reform by circumventing the parliamentary vote, relying on an article of the constitution that authorizes it.
Source: The Delfi
