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Violent French pension protests erupt as 1M people demonstrate
Updated On: 25 March, 2023 08:04 AM IST | Paris | Agencies
In Paris, street battles between police and black-clad, masked groups who attacked at least two fast food restaurants, a supermarket and a bank reflected intensifying violence and drew attention away from the tens of thousands of peaceful marchers
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Protestors clash with police on the sidelines of a demonstration as part of a national day of strikes and protests in Nantes Friday. Pic/AFP
More than 1 million people demonstrated across France on Thursday against unpopular pension reforms, and violence erupted in some places as unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week.
The Interior Ministry said the march in Paris — marred by violence, as were numerous marches elsewhere — drew 1,19,000 people, which was a record for the capital during the pension protests. Polls say most French oppose President Emmanuel Macron’s bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64, which he says is necessary to keep the system afloat.
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