Protesters against raising the retirement age in France blocked access to an airport terminal, boarded train tracks and clashed with police this Thursday, in their ninth day of demonstrations.
According to the agency, in the center of Paris, where the demonstrations were peaceful, police were forced to use tear gas after the demonstrators threw projectiles and set fire to trash cans. Reuters. Fast food restaurant chain McDonald’s was vandalized and Charles de Gaulle Airport was also hit by protesters.
Among the demonstrators were identified small groups of anarchists “Block of Negroes”. Unions fear the protests could become more violent if the government continues to fail to respond politically.
Police also fired tear gas at demonstrators in several other French cities such as Nantes and Bordeaux. In Rennes, the authorities used water cannons. Newspaper in Lorient Western Francecited Reuterssaid the shells caused a fire in the courtyard of the police station.
“A lot of anger [estamos perante] explosive situation,” said Philippe Martinez, General Secretary of the General Confederation of Labor.
French President Emmanuel Macron broke his silence on the new policy, saying he would stand his ground and the law would go into effect by the end of the year. Compared the protests that are taking place in France with the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Author: morning Post
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