The French continue to demonstrate against pension reforms, which the French government insists on, and the biggest anti-government protests in decades against pension reform pushed by President Emmanuel Macron have not subsided.

Edited by |Paul Mitchel

World Section

8 April 2023

     The Interior Ministry said more than 600,000 local residents took part in the unrest across the country, while representatives of trade unions announced two million strikers.

The protests once again turned into riots, as demonstrators set fire to pre-built barricades, clashed with police, and attempted to storm state buildings, including Parliament and the Elysee Palace. It was reported by the French channel, Gallia Diyala.

Law enforcement officers used special equipment to disperse the demonstrators, injuring scores of people from blows with rubber batons.

The trade unions plan to continue pressure on the authorities to cancel the pension reform and solve the economic problems.

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