protests have again continued into the night in paris after the french government narrowly survived a no confidence vote on monday over its pension reform plans. police used tear gas against protesters who set fire to motorbikes and rubbish bins in the city centre. president macron is due to give a televised interview on wednesday in which he s expected to defend the new law. the legislation raises the retirement age in france by two years to 64. sofia bettiza reports. there is an outcry in france. in the past week, more than 1500 protests have taken place all over the country. this was place de la republique in paris last night. some protests turned violent. police clashed with demonstrators. and hundreds were arrested. this all happened after president emmanuel macron used controversial executive powers last week to push through his
wright you are going to be very busy. enjoy it. thank you very much indeed. protests have again continued into the night in paris after the french government narrowly survived a no confidence vote on monday over its pension reform plans. police used tear gas against protesters who set fire to motorbikes and rubbish bins in the city centre. president macron is due to give a televised interview on wednesday in which he s expected to defend the new law. the legislation raises the retirement age in france by two years to sixty four. there is an outcry in france. in the past week, more than 1500 protests have taken place all over the country. this was place de la republique in paris last night. some protests turned violent.
in a written defence of his actions, ahead of a televised appearance in parliament on wednesday. more protests have been taking place in various french cities after french president emmanuel macron used controversial executive powers to push through a pension reform without a vote in parliament. mr macron is due to give a rare tv interview on wednesday. he s facing a political crisis less than a year after his re election to a second term. sofia bettiza reports. there is an outcry in france. in the past week, more than 1,500 protests have taken place all over the country. this was place de la republique last night. some protests turned violent. police clashed with demonstrators, and hundreds were arrested.
the commons committee which will be examining the former british prime minister borisjohnson who has admitted misleading mps but he insists his statement claiming rules followed during the covid 19 locked arms were made in good faith. watching bbc news. more protests have been taking place in various french cities, after french president emmanuel macron used controversial executive powers to push through a pension reform, without a vote in parliament. mr macron is due to give a rare tv interview in the next hour. he s facing a political crisis, less than a year after his re election to a second term. sofia bettiza reports. there is an outcry in france. in the past week, more than 1500 protests have taken place all over the country. this was place de la republique in paris last night. some protests turned violent.
than 1,500 protests have taken place all over the country. this was place de la republique last night. some protests turned violent. police clashed with demonstrators and hundreds were arrested. this all happened after president macron used controversial executive powers last week to push through his deeply unpopular pension reform. this means that the retirement age in france will now be raised from 62 to 64. translation: | think | today the fifth republic is showing its true face, which is that of a regime which is not democratic, since the president can decide to pass a law that is rejected by 90% of france people. translation: to think of all. those people who were already in really trying jobs will have