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Added on the 06/06/2023 16:18:44 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Several thousand demonstrators, including railway workers, teachers and lawyers, took to the streets of Paris to march against pension reform. The government wants to fuse France's 42 different retirement schemes into a single points-based system but opponents fear a drastic decline in pension levels. IMAGES
French police aim a water cannon at protesters dressed in black in the city of Rennes as President Emmanuel Macron signs a law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Police were targeted with fireworks and threw tear gas canisters toward protesters. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather in Rennes, in western France, after the country's Constitutional Council approves President Macron's pension reform. Completes VID_33D868AEN IMAGES
"France is angry", reads one protester's sign at the start of a march against pension reform in Paris, on the 10th day of nationwide action against President Macron's reform proposals. IMAGES
"The Republic on the march, that's us", proclaims a sign in the Bordeaux march against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. Demonstrators take to the streets nationwide for a 10th day of protests. IMAGES
High school students block the Montaigne high school, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, for the tenth day of demonstrations against a very unpopular pension reform. IMAGES