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French protesters march past garbage piles, resisting Macron
Updated On: 20 March, 2023 07:36 AM IST | Paris | Agencies
In Paris, police sought to restore calm after two consecutive nights of unrest
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A woman holds a placard depicting French President Emmanuel Macron that reads, ‘king of trash’ during a protest in Paris Friday. Pic/AP
A smattering of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 64 took place Saturday in Paris and beyond, as uncollected garbage reeked in the streets of the French capital amid a strike by sanitation workers.
Largely non-violent protests were held in various cities, including Nantes and Marseille, where protesters got past police to occupy the main train station for around 15 minutes. In the eastern city of Besancon, hundreds of demonstrators lit a brazier and burned voter cards.
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