٠٠:٠٢:٠٦Protesters took to the streets of Nantes on Tuesday as part of a nationwide strike and demonstrations organised over the ongoing pension reform battle in France.
Protesters can be seen marching through the streets amid a heavy police presence. Tear gas was deployed against protesters, who hurled the cannisters back in turn.
On 11 December French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a two-year-extension of the working period necessary to be assigned a full pension, triggering the anger of workers and trade unions. The demonstrations have turned into a movement addressing wider issues such as funding for the public sector. Health workers are expected to mobilise on 20 December.
France: Tear gas flies in Nantes as protesters join nationwide strike
Protesters took to the streets of Nantes on Tuesday as part of a nationwide strike and demonstrations organised over the ongoing pension reform battle in France.
Protesters can be seen marching through the streets amid a heavy police presence. Tear gas was deployed against protesters, who hurled the cannisters back in turn.
On 11 December French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a two-year-extension of the working period necessary to be assigned a full pension, triggering the anger of workers and trade unions. The demonstrations have turned into a movement addressing wider issues such as funding for the public sector. Health workers are expected to mobilise on 20 December.
Protesters took to the streets of Nantes on Tuesday as part of a nationwide strike and demonstrations organised over the ongoing pension reform battle in France.
Protesters can be seen marching through the streets amid a heavy police presence. Tear gas was deployed against protesters, who hurled the cannisters back in turn.
On 11 December French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a two-year-extension of the working period necessary to be assigned a full pension, triggering the anger of workers and trade unions. The demonstrations have turned into a movement addressing wider issues such as funding for the public sector. Health workers are expected to mobilise on 20 December.