Protesters Clash With French Police During Demo Against Pension Reform
Protesters Clash With French Police During Demo Against Pension Reform
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On Thursday, protests against the reform, which resulted in violent clashes with police, were held in almost all major French cities. Laurent Berger, the secretary general of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour, announced another general strike against the pension reform on March 23.
On Thursday, protests against pension reform, which resulted in violent clashes with police, were held in almost all major French cities. Laurent Berger, the secretary general of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour, announced another general strike against the pension reform to take place on 23 March.The draft reform has caused a massive backlash in French society. There have already been seven general strikes and hundreds of demonstrations in France within the past two months, with more than a million people taking part. During the protests, clashes often break out between the police and protesters.Take a look at recent protests in Sputnik's gallery.
Earlier, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said that the government had adopted the law on raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 by invoking Article 49.3 of the constitution, which allows the government to pass a bill without parliamentary approval.
On Thursday, protests against pension reform, which resulted in violent clashes with police, were held in almost all major French cities. Laurent Berger, the secretary general of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour, announced another general strike against the pension reform to take place on 23 March.
The draft reform has caused a massive backlash in French society. There have already been seven general strikes and hundreds of demonstrations in France within the past two months, with more than a million people taking part. During the protests, clashes often break out between the police and protesters.
Take a look at recent protests in Sputnik's gallery.
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a demonstration after the French government pushed pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using Article 49.3 of the constitution, in Nantes, western France, on 16 March 2023.
A protester uses a megaphone in the square in front of the Capitole de Toulouse during a demonstration after the French government pushed pension reform through parliament without a vote, invoking Article 49.3 of the constitution, in Toulouse, south-western France, on 16 March 2023.
Police officers stand in front of fireworks let off by protesters during a demonstration after the French government pushed pension reform through parliament without a vote, invoking Article 49.3 of the constitution, in Lyon on 16 March 2023.
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a demonstration after the French government pushed pension reform through parliament without a vote, invoking Article 49.3 of the constitution, in Nantes, western France, on 16 March 2023.
A local resident rides his bike past a fire during a demonstration after the French government pushed pension reform through parliament without a vote, invoking Article 49,3 of the constitution, in Lyon on 16 March 2023.
A man sits near a window broken by protesters after a demonstration near Place de la Concorde in Paris on Thursday 16 March 2023.
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