Nationwide protests in France after Macron doubles down on pension bill - Reuters
Nationwide protests in France after Macron doubles down on pension bill - Reuters
Mar 23, 202357 secs
Macron says he won't budge on pension age Hundreds of thousands join ninth day of protests Anarchists riot in Paris, rallies mostly peaceful Unions call for new nationwide action on March 28Demonstrations in central Paris were generally peaceful, but groups of "Black Bloc" anarchists smashed shop windows, demolished street furniture and ransacked a McDonald's restaurant.Small groups continued to clash with police in Paris late into the night, lighting fires throughout the city centre and playing cat-and-mouse with security forces.Police had also fired tear gas at some protesters in several other cities, including Nantes, and Lorient in the west, Lille in the north, and used water cannon against others in Rennes in the northwest.Unions called for regional action over the weekend and new nationwide strikes and protests on March 28, the day Britain's King Charles is due to travel to Bordeaux from Paris by train.Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, Forrest Crellin, John Irish, Sudip Kar-Gupta, Lucien Libert, Stephane Mahe, Eric Gaillard, Bertrand Boucey, Marc Leras and Benoit van Overstraeten; writing by Ingrid Melander and John Irish; editing by Christina Fincher, Angus MacSwan, Mark Heinrich, Susan Fenton and David Gregorio