Several cars were torched in Paris and other French cities in the evening during demonstrations involving several thousand people. Trade unions mobilised workers to briefly block a Paris ring road.
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called Yellow Vest protests after his decision to push through a contested pension overhaul without a vote prompted a wave of protests. A new demonstration got underway in Paris on Friday evening, as protesters gathered in the city’s Place de la Concorde, near the
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday faced the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called Yellow Vest protests after his decision to push through a contested pension overhaul without a vote prompted violent unrest overnight.
Riot police have clashed with protesters in Paris as a new demonstration took place against the government's plans to raise the French state pension age.