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Police Unions in France Call for Law to Combat Rioters

© AP Photo / Bob EdmeRiot police officers frame demonstrators nest a s street fire during a demonstration against French President Emmanuel Macron's push to move back France's legal retirement age from 62 to 64.
Riot police officers frame demonstrators nest a s street fire during a demonstration against French President Emmanuel Macron's push to move back France's legal retirement age from 62 to 64. - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.05.2023
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PARIS (Sputnik) - French police unions have demanded that President Emmanuel Macron pass a law to combat rioters at demonstrations, French daily reports.
In a letter addressed to Macron, the unions said that police live in an "apocalyptic situation" faced with violence from the demonstrators and called for an emergency law against "thugs," French newspaper said on Friday.
The unions have a meeting scheduled at the Elysee Palace on May 12 and are expected to be received by Macron's chief of staff, Patrick Strzoda, as well as the French president’s Interior and Security Affairs Adviser Frederic Rose, according to the newspaper.
French lawmakers gather at the National Assembly in Paris, Monday, March 20, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.05.2023
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