Protesters reportedly threw stones at police, who responded by using chemicals to disperse the gathering
Clashes broke out this afternoon between police and French protesters protesting pension reform in Place de la Concorde, a short distance from the French Parliament.
A Reuters reporter said he saw some protesters throwing stones at police, who responded by using chemicals to break up the gathering.
Around 1,500 young people took to the streets today after Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne announced that the government would approve the bill to raise the retirement age to 64 by using a special article of the Constitution, as it did not have the necessary majority to pass it. by the National Assembly.
Shouting slogans like “Manu, Manu, with 49.3 or not, we don’t want your reform” or “The National Assembly can vote, the street will abolish it” (including the reform) the demonstrators started from the area where the Sorbonne University is located, as reported by an AFP journalist. Representatives of many youth organizations participated in the mobilization. “The goal is to go all the way to the National Assembly so that the voice of young people is heard,” said Eleanor Schmidt, the movement’s spokeswoman. For Matis Avershenk, 23, a member of the far-left NPA organization, “the government intends to pass (the reform) by force. Whatever is done in Parliament, the street can and will overturn it.”
Source :Skai
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