France's government on Sunday held its ground over a bitterly contested pension reform rammed through parliament without a vote, a day before it faces crucial no-confidence motions. "There will be no majority to bring the government down, but it will be a moment of truth," Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire…
Riot police clashed with protesters on Friday evening in Paris as a new demonstration took place against the government’s plans to raise the French state pension age..
The unrest over French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms turned violent as protesters and the police clashed with each other in central Paris.
"Macron, Resign!" reverberated the streets on Friday the second night of the agitation as thousands of protesters took on the police at Paris' Place de la Concorde, near the Assemblee Nationale parliament building.
Images from Reuters TV showed cops using tear gas on the disorderly crowd who, in response, lit fires and some threw firecrackers at police.
Riot police have clashed with protesters in Paris as a new demonstration took place against the French government's plans to raise the country's retirement age.
Riot police clashed with protesters on Friday evening in Paris as a new demonstration took place against the government's plans to raise the French state pension age.