we started in france. protesters dressed all in black, police armed with riot shields and barricades for the running battles taking place down the boulevard of the french capital where it is becoming street of paris. it s happening once again. this time on may day build mostly peaceful demonstration at ganz president microns controversial read france during my reforms in the pension marred once more by scenes of violence. these pictures are live pictures from paris. a little bit earlier you could see and actually hear tear gas being fired by the riot police in an effort to try to disperse protesters from the area. earlier i spoke to a member of the senate of france and of the commission of foreign affairs and defence forces. she believes part of the reason for the street protests is president macron his attitude and his personality. is president macron his attitude and his personality- his personality. there was a lot of dialo . ue his personality. there was a lot of dialogu
is, all eight unions in france have got together for the first time since 2009 and called on all their members to come out simultaneously and to protest. i want to point out for those who may not know this, there is also a strike going on in france, french air traffic controllers have gone on strike that sent a lot of flights in and out of france into chaos. i think about 220 flights have been canceled. these protests began i guess, & labour day work as a process where people come out and protest against the government and a protest or demonstrate poor workers rights. things took a turn for the worse after increased tensions, just two weeks after president macron signed into law those pension reforms that natalie was talking about a minute ago, which now mean that eventually the retirement age in france will
senate of france and of the commission of foreign affairs and defence forces. she believes part of the reason for the street protests is president macron his attitude and his personality. is president macron his attitude and his personality- his personality. there was a lot of dialo . ue his personality. there was a lot of dialogue between his personality. there was a lot of dialogue between the his personality. there was a lot of dialogue between the president, l his personality. there was a lot of. dialogue between the president, the government and the people, they felt they are not understood and its created a lot of violence and unhappiness with the people. also the way that the regulation has been voted by the parliament is very unusual. we didn t have a vote in the national, just in the senate and the national, just in the senate and the supreme court findings in accordance with the constitution, which was a big surprise. so there is a lot of problem now. everything is a lot
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