After the second night, thousands of people gathered on the Place de la Concorde in Paris to protest the increase in the number of people The retirement age is from 62 to 64 years Paris police, sanctioned by Emmanuel Macron’s government, have arrested 61 people for taking part in street riots in the French capital.
Police officers carried out the arrests after setting fire to and damaging public furniture and after confronting security forces, as detailed in the Paris Police Headquarters report and compiled by the BFTM series.
Thousands of people gathered for the second day in a row on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, a few steps from the French Parliament, to denounce the “forced passage” of the executive branch when making use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution to reform the law. Pensions that have not been endorsed by the National Assembly to move forward.
The police had to directly confront the most extreme elements of the protests with the help of tear gas. Shortly after 10 p.m., the policemen made one last arrest and pushed the last of the protesters into the subway to clear the scene.
The protests come a day after the French government decided to use Article 49.3 of the constitution, which avoids bringing reform of the pension system to a vote in the French National Assembly, after verifying that it lacked a sufficient majority to move forward with one of the star projects. President Emmanuel Macron.
The French prime minister, during an interview with TF1 on Thursday, defended the implementation of Article 49.3 of the constitution, stressing that they worked “until the last minute” to obtain a majority in reforming the pension system.
Likewise, he acknowledged that he understood the “great effort” that the French would have to go through to work “for another two years”, although he expressed that “it is not serious to let people think we can pay everything in debt”.
Borne also commented on the booing, resignation cries and opposition chants during Thursday’s tense session in the National Assembly. This reflects that a certain number of opposition groups do not respect our institutions. “Some want chaos,” he said.
Meanwhile, the main unions in France have announced a big day of demonstrations for next Thursday, March 23rd, to demand the complete withdrawal of reform.
