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| French protestors stack piles of rubbish-filled bin bags into makeshift barricades against riot cops as demonstrations over pensions rage across the country | ||
| 2023-03-26 | ||
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Mounds of rubbish left by striking bin men continued to pile up in Paris, serving in part as makeshift barricades for protesters. The demonstrations, sparked by president Emmanuel Macron's attempt to raise the state pension age from 62 to 64, have turned violent in the past ten days. The doors of Bordeaux's city hall were set alight on Thursday night and more than 903 fires were lit across Paris, according to interior minister Gerald Darmanin. Rubbish has not been collected since March 6, providing thousands of tons of refuse for masked protesters to burn. They see Mr Macron's insistence that the pension reforms will be enshrined in law later this year, without a vote in the lower house of parliament, as an assault on their way of life. An effigy of the president, who has been likened to a monarch with 'contempt' for the republic, has been burnt. More than 450 demonstrators were arrested on Thursday as around 300 rallies across the country drew in at least a million protesters. Events in Paris were largely peaceful, with small pockets of violent clashes breaking out with police on Thursday night. There have also been clashes between police and protesters in the western cities of Nantes, Rennes and Lorient. Train and air travel has been disrupted, as has work on oil refineries, and schools have also been hit as teachers join the strikes. The Eiffel Tower and the Palace of Versailles were closed on Thursday.
During the ensuing festivities, riot police used tear gas and stun grenades to push back the "Black Bloc" anarchists.
In addition, dozens of students from high schools and universities in La Belle France took part on Thursday to protest against planned pension reforms, according to La Belle France 24. "The Ministry of Education reported "148 incidents" in high schools in La Belle France, including 38 full blockades, 70 filter blockades, 14 attempted blockades and 26 other forms of disruption" | ||
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 We'll try that again with the link address: https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/where-do-europeans-retire-earliest-and-latest |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-03-26 13:36 |
| #3 Ah, France in springtime, with the flowers and rioters in bloom. Zero has an informative article: |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-03-26 13:35 |
| #2 Municipal workers in New York City vote on sellout tentative agreement |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-03-26 08:06 |
| #1 Does protest strike time count towards retirement? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-03-26 06:21 |