310 People Detained At Retirement Age Protest in France
Opponents of the pension reform, which aims to gradually increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 in France, took to the streets in different cities of the country, especially the capital, Paris. Tensions rose between the police and the protesters during the demonstrations and 310 people were detained.
After French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne’s decision to pass the reform law to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, opponents of the reform took to the streets in different cities of the country, as well as Paris.
TENSION BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE SHOWS
Thousands of anti-reform protesters gathered in Concorde Square near the National Assembly in Paris. While there were tense moments between the police and the demonstrators, the demonstrators evacuated from the square dispersed into the side streets.
310 People Detained At Retirement Age Protest in France
THEY CAUGHT MANY PLACES
The demonstrators set cars and some public property on fire, as well as the garbage that had accumulated on the streets of Paris for days from the cleaners’ strike.
310 PEOPLE ARRESTED
The cities of Bordeaux, Lyon, Grenoble, Lille, Nancy, Metz, Nantes, Toulon, Amiens, Le Havre, Montpellier and Rennes were also included. Police dispersed the demonstrators using tear gas. In Marseille, protesters smashed banks and damaged shop windows. In a statement to the French media in the morning, Minister of Interior Gerald Darmanin reported that a total of 310 people, 258 of whom were in Paris, were detained in demonstrations across the country.
