According to the French Interior Ministry, around one million people took part in Thursday’s protest. On what are the people angry with the government?
Violent protests are taking place in France to raise the age of pension.
In this sequence, the protesters set fire to the Bordeaux Town Hall on Thursday. in this fire building door Got badly burnt. During this, the protesters also clashed with the police.
Although it is not clear who started the fire in the hall, the fire was soon extinguished.
According to the figures of the Ministry of Home Affairs, on Thursday, about one million people took part in the protest on the street in France, while in the capital Paris, about 1 lakh 19 thousand people participated in the demonstration.
Police fired tear gas shells at people protesting in Paris and 80 people were arrested across the country.
ReutersDemonstrations intensify in France regarding pension
In France, a bill has been brought to increase the retirement age to 64, which is being opposed.
What are the protesters saying?
A protester told the news agency Reuters, “I am against this reform.” Democracy has no meaning here. We don’t have any representation and we are fed up with it.
Another protester told the AFP news agency, “Through this protest, we want to make our voice known because in any other way this reform will not be withdrawn.”
Rail traffic and oil refinery work were affected due to the protests and some people were also injured.
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According to news agency Reuters, peaceful demonstrations in Paris saw clashes between masked protesters and police. Protesters targeted shop windows, street furniture and a McDonald’s restaurant.
In the clash with the police, a policeman fainted, who was taken to a safe place by other policemen.
According to the news agency AP, the police used tear gas on the protesters, while the protesters attacked the police by throwing the items there. According to the agency, 33 people have been arrested in the capital Paris.
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protest in many cities
Rail traffic and oil refinery work were affected due to the protests and some people were also injured.
According to eyewitnesses, the police in the city of Rouen used flash ball grenades to disperse the protesters, due to which a girl was seriously injured in the hand.
Eyewitnesses told that they saw the girl lying on the road and she had to lose her thumb in this attack.
Apart from this, clashes have also taken place in the cities of Nantes, Rennes and Lorient.
A protester in Nantes said that ‘in France it is the streets that make things right or wrong’. If President Emmanuel Macron is not seeing this truth then I do not know what he is doing.
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When will the protests end?
Unions and political parties supporting the demonstrations are seeing Thursday’s demonstrations as their success, but no one knows anything about where this situation is going.
The government is definitely being harmed by these demonstrations. The government is hoping that due to the violence on the streets, people will stay away from the demonstrations.
At the same time, the opposition claims that the demonstrations will not weaken, but the unions will need to decide what will be the strategy of future demonstrations, instead of promising to demonstrate like Thursday?
Protests have taken place nine times since January. At the same time, the unions of the country have announced the demonstration again on next Tuesday.
On the other hand, King Charles III of Britain is on a state visit to France from 26 to 29 March and Bordeaux Town is also included in his visit.
Paris waste pickers, who began their strike against pension reform on March 6, have announced it will continue until next Monday.
French President Emmanuel Macron defended the move, saying reform was a necessity.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has said changes are needed to prevent a major breakdown in the system in the future.