02:38Clashes between police and protesters erupted in Paris on Tuesday, as demonstrations against controversial pension reforms take place all across the country.
Riot police in Paris fired teargas at demonstrators, who threw objects at police in exchange. Arrests were reported and at least one person is seen injured laying in the ground.
According to the French interior minister, around 13,000 police officers were deployed to counter nationwide protests.
Demonstrators took to the streets in large numbers in the past weeks to protest after Macron’s government bypassed a vote in the National Assembly to force through the plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030, and extend the required employment period for a worker to receive a full pension on retirement to 43 years.
Violent demonstrations took place in cities all across the country to oppose the package and the use of the executive powers, with heavy clashes between protesters and police, drawing concerns from the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner.
France: Clashes erupt in Paris as huge numbers of riot police battle protesters against pension reform
Clashes between police and protesters erupted in Paris on Tuesday, as demonstrations against controversial pension reforms take place all across the country.
Riot police in Paris fired teargas at demonstrators, who threw objects at police in exchange. Arrests were reported and at least one person is seen injured laying in the ground.
According to the French interior minister, around 13,000 police officers were deployed to counter nationwide protests.
Demonstrators took to the streets in large numbers in the past weeks to protest after Macron’s government bypassed a vote in the National Assembly to force through the plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030, and extend the required employment period for a worker to receive a full pension on retirement to 43 years.
Violent demonstrations took place in cities all across the country to oppose the package and the use of the executive powers, with heavy clashes between protesters and police, drawing concerns from the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner.
Clashes between police and protesters erupted in Paris on Tuesday, as demonstrations against controversial pension reforms take place all across the country.
Riot police in Paris fired teargas at demonstrators, who threw objects at police in exchange. Arrests were reported and at least one person is seen injured laying in the ground.
According to the French interior minister, around 13,000 police officers were deployed to counter nationwide protests.
Demonstrators took to the streets in large numbers in the past weeks to protest after Macron’s government bypassed a vote in the National Assembly to force through the plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030, and extend the required employment period for a worker to receive a full pension on retirement to 43 years.
Violent demonstrations took place in cities all across the country to oppose the package and the use of the executive powers, with heavy clashes between protesters and police, drawing concerns from the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner.