٠٠:٠٢:٥٩Scuffles between police and protesters were seen during demonstrations against France’s pension reforms in Nantes on Tuesday.
Footage shows riot police running towards activists, as well as tear gas being deployed. Protesters were seen waving red flares, with crowds marching through the streets with flags and banners, such as 'Retirement is for the old and the dead'.
"On the wages, on the social minima, the remuneration of those without a job, the gender equality, we feel like the government will push through the same way they did with this reform," said Lionel, a member of the UNSA union.
"So no, the pension reform can’t pass like this, and neither will the following," he continued.
Some linked climate change to the current protests, with banners such as ’Tax the rich, no pensions on a burnt planet’.
"There can be no jobs on a dead planet, so they want to destroy the planet even more, for us to work more, to extract and exploit more resources, it is not possible," claimed Benjamin from the Alternatiba climate change group.
Protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s changes to the pensions system, including raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, have been ongoing since they were announced in January. Demonstrations intensified after the government passed the reforms without a vote in the National Assembly.
Unions have promised to continue with their large-scale protests and strikes, while the Macron government argues that the changes are needed to keep the retirement system sustainable.
France: 'Pension reform can’t pass like this' - Scuffles with police at retirement protests in Nantes
Scuffles between police and protesters were seen during demonstrations against France’s pension reforms in Nantes on Tuesday.
Footage shows riot police running towards activists, as well as tear gas being deployed. Protesters were seen waving red flares, with crowds marching through the streets with flags and banners, such as 'Retirement is for the old and the dead'.
"On the wages, on the social minima, the remuneration of those without a job, the gender equality, we feel like the government will push through the same way they did with this reform," said Lionel, a member of the UNSA union.
"So no, the pension reform can’t pass like this, and neither will the following," he continued.
Some linked climate change to the current protests, with banners such as ’Tax the rich, no pensions on a burnt planet’.
"There can be no jobs on a dead planet, so they want to destroy the planet even more, for us to work more, to extract and exploit more resources, it is not possible," claimed Benjamin from the Alternatiba climate change group.
Protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s changes to the pensions system, including raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, have been ongoing since they were announced in January. Demonstrations intensified after the government passed the reforms without a vote in the National Assembly.
Unions have promised to continue with their large-scale protests and strikes, while the Macron government argues that the changes are needed to keep the retirement system sustainable.
Scuffles between police and protesters were seen during demonstrations against France’s pension reforms in Nantes on Tuesday.
Footage shows riot police running towards activists, as well as tear gas being deployed. Protesters were seen waving red flares, with crowds marching through the streets with flags and banners, such as 'Retirement is for the old and the dead'.
"On the wages, on the social minima, the remuneration of those without a job, the gender equality, we feel like the government will push through the same way they did with this reform," said Lionel, a member of the UNSA union.
"So no, the pension reform can’t pass like this, and neither will the following," he continued.
Some linked climate change to the current protests, with banners such as ’Tax the rich, no pensions on a burnt planet’.
"There can be no jobs on a dead planet, so they want to destroy the planet even more, for us to work more, to extract and exploit more resources, it is not possible," claimed Benjamin from the Alternatiba climate change group.
Protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s changes to the pensions system, including raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, have been ongoing since they were announced in January. Demonstrations intensified after the government passed the reforms without a vote in the National Assembly.
Unions have promised to continue with their large-scale protests and strikes, while the Macron government argues that the changes are needed to keep the retirement system sustainable.