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Fourth Rally Against Macron's Pension Reform Takes Place in Paris
Fourth Rally Against Macron's Pension Reform Takes Place in Paris
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Sputnik is live from Paris, where the fourth round of protests against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform is taking place. It is expected that 750,000 people will participate in the demonstration.
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The fourth general strike against the controversial pension reform took place in Paris, with tens of thousands of people marching through the city streets.The protesters were carrying banners of leading French trade unions that staged the strike, and posters with slogans "Macron, seek your own retirement, but don't touch ours!" and "Prisoners of work will not live to be old." The demonstrators also chanted "Let's fight for a pension at 60!"Some protesters threw bottles at a building housing a bank and burned garbage cans on the streets.The unions previously said that the protest had been organized on a weekend to allow more people to participate.In total, over 200 demonstrations against the pension reform took place across France on Saturday, including in all major cities, such as Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, and Nantes. The trade unions stated the protest in Toulouse had gathered more than 100,000 people.On January 10, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne presented a draft pension reform legislation, which the government plans to implement in September 2023. According to the plan, the French government will begin to raise the retirement age in the country by three months per year from September 1, gradually increasing it from the current age of 62 to 64 by 2030.The first general strike against the pension reform plan took place on January 19 and gathered over a million people nationwide, with 80,000 in Paris. A total of 2.8 million people took part in the second demonstration on January 31. However, only around 757,000 people showed up at the third nationwide protest this past Tuesday, with 57,000 in Paris alone.The fifth national demonstration is scheduled for February 16.
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Fourth Rally Against Macron's Pension Reform Takes Place in Paris
12:10 GMT 11.02.2023 (Updated: 17:51 GMT 11.02.2023) The proposed reform includes raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030. The plan outraged ordinary French people, with unions saying it threatens hard-fought worker rights. The protest is a major challenge for Macron's presidency, which already faced the Yellow Vest movement during his first term.
The fourth general strike against the controversial pension reform took place in Paris, with tens of thousands of people marching through the city streets.
The protesters were carrying banners of leading French trade unions that staged the strike, and posters with slogans "Macron, seek your own retirement, but don't touch ours!" and "Prisoners of work will not live to be old." The demonstrators also chanted "Let's fight for a pension at 60!"
Some protesters threw bottles at a building housing a bank and burned garbage cans on the streets.
The unions previously said that the protest had been organized on a weekend to allow more people to participate.
In total, over 200 demonstrations against the pension reform took place across France on Saturday, including in all major cities, such as Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, and Nantes. The trade unions stated the protest in Toulouse had gathered more than 100,000 people.
On January 10, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne presented a draft pension reform legislation, which the government plans to implement in September 2023. According to the plan, the French government will begin to raise the retirement age in the country by three months per year from September 1, gradually increasing it from the current age of 62 to 64 by 2030.
7 February 2023, 21:47 GMT
The first general strike against the pension reform plan took place on January 19 and gathered over a million people nationwide, with 80,000 in Paris. A total of 2.8 million people took part in the second demonstration on January 31. However, only around 757,000 people showed up at the third nationwide protest this past Tuesday, with 57,000 in Paris alone.
The fifth national demonstration is scheduled for February 16.
