02:06Protesters rallied on Thursday in Toulouse against President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform.
Footage shows thousands of people marching, holding flares and chanting slogans against Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64.
The unions estimate 70,000 people gathered for the protest, while the prefecture brings the number down to 10,000 people.
The decision by the French government to compel the National Assembly to enact the pension reform that raised the retirement age from 62 to 64 triggered largescale, violent protests across the country, which so far show no signs of abating.
France: Protesters take to Toulouse streets in large numbers for rally against pension reform *DRONE FOOTAGE*
Protesters rallied on Thursday in Toulouse against President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform.
Footage shows thousands of people marching, holding flares and chanting slogans against Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64.
The unions estimate 70,000 people gathered for the protest, while the prefecture brings the number down to 10,000 people.
The decision by the French government to compel the National Assembly to enact the pension reform that raised the retirement age from 62 to 64 triggered largescale, violent protests across the country, which so far show no signs of abating.
Protesters rallied on Thursday in Toulouse against President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform.
Footage shows thousands of people marching, holding flares and chanting slogans against Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64.
The unions estimate 70,000 people gathered for the protest, while the prefecture brings the number down to 10,000 people.
The decision by the French government to compel the National Assembly to enact the pension reform that raised the retirement age from 62 to 64 triggered largescale, violent protests across the country, which so far show no signs of abating.