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French unions call for new protests against pension reform

The French inter-union group has called a new day of mobilisation against the controversial pension reform on 6 June, two days before the presentation of a bill to repeal the text in the National Assembly.

Radio France Internationale

French unions plan June 6 protests against Macron and his pension law

French trade unions announced on Tuesday a new nationwide day of protests on June 6 against President Emmanuel Macron's decision to increase the retirement age by two years to 64.

Reuters

May Day march against pension reform: Paris protesters determined to 'give it our all'

Thousands marched across Paris and other French cities in what unions hoped would be one of the biggest May Day demonstrations in years. Galvanised by previous protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans, including raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, protesters marched with a sense of determination.

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Paris police officers set on fire as millions take to the streets in protest

Protestors set fire to roads in Paris with containers pictured ablaze as police battled to contain the chaos with dozens of officers injured up and down the country

Daily Mirror

At least 108 police injured and 291 held in May Day protests in cities across France

Teargas fired amid clashes as unions turn traditional marches into anti-government protest against pension reform

The Guardian - UK

French police fire tear gas as May Day rallies turn violent

France was gripped by widespread May Day protests on Monday as unions joined forces to call for “tidal wave” street marches to force the government to repeal an unpopular pensions law that was rammed through parliament by decree.

Radio France Internationale

Clashes erupt at French May Day protests against Macron

Paris (AFP) - Protesters clashed with security forces across France on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.

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More than 100 officers injured in clashes with protesters in France as thousands march against pension reforms

More than 100 police officers were injured after an outbreak of violence at pension protests in France, the interior ministry has said.

Evening Standard

French mass in May 1 show of anger against Macron pension reform

Paris (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of people on Monday massed in France on labour day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform, with unions vowing not to stop fighting even after the changes were signed into law.

AFP

French police fire teargas as clashes erupt at May Day pension protests

Police fired teargas in Paris and other cities as protesters turned out for May Day rallies across France on Monday amid anger over the passage of President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform. Interior ministry figures estimated the number of protesters at 782,000 nationwide; unions put the number much higher, at…

France 24

French police clash with black-clad anarchists during May Day rallies

French police clashed with hundreds of black-clad anarchists in Paris and other cities during union-led protests against President Emmanuel Macron's increase in the retirement age, as workers staged Labour Day rallies across Europe.

Reuters

Macron faces May Day protests over divisive French pensions law

France's President Emmanuel Macron faces more nationwide protests on Monday as he seeks to steer the country on from a divisive pension law that has sparked anger, pan-bashing and social unrest.

Radio France Internationale

Macron Faces Labor Day Protests over Divisive Pension Law

France's President Emmanuel Macron faces more nationwide protests on Monday as he seeks to steer the country on from a divisive pension law that has sparked anger, pan-bashing and social unrest. Last month he signed a law to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, despite months of strikes…

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After pan-bashing, France's Macron faces Labour Day protests

Paris (AFP) - France's President Emmanuel Macron faces more nationwide protests on Monday as he seeks to steer the country on from a divisive pension law that has sparked anger, pan-bashing and social unrest.

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Braving boos, Macron hopes 'cathartic' walkabouts will soothe pension anger

French President Emmanuel Macron has thrown himself into what he calls a "catharsis" operation by confronting angry voters in a series of walkabouts, an attempt to regain control of the narrative that could also expose how distant he has become.

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How do retirees in France really fare?

Do French pensioners fare better than others in developed economies? It depends who you ask and what measure you use.

Daily Mirror

Effigy of President Emmanuel Macron beaten with metal bars and burned in violent scenes

A mob was videoed in Notre Dame square in Grenoble on Monday, mocking the head of state on the first anniversary of him winning a second term.

Radio France Internationale

French President Macron ends first year of second term in trouble

Isolated at home and alienating allies abroad, French President Emmanuel Macron marks 12 months since his re-election on Monday, pursued by pot-bashing protesters and desperate for new ideas to re-launch his second term.

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Macron warns about Le Pen and regrets pensions campaign

Paris (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron warned Sunday about far-right leader Marine Le Pen coming to power as he suggested that he should have got more involved in selling his unpopular pension reform to the country.

France 24

‘Macron resign!’: French president struggles to move on from pension controversy

French President Emmanuel Macron only just dodged another day of heckles and boos from opponents of the controversial pension reform. But a war of attrition aimed at the president and his government looks to have no sign of letting up, with pots and pans the weapons of choice.

AFP

Teargas fired as Macron faces more hostile crowds in rural France

Ganges (France) (AFP) - French police fired teargas Thursday in a village in southern France where President Emmanuel Macron visited a school, a day after he was booed and heckled over his unpopular pension reform.

The Independent UK

Protesters angry at pension law stage actions across France

Hundreds of protesters opposed to the law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 have gathered in a small town in southern France ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s planned visit Thursday

The Independent UK

Watch: French rail workers hold strike day as pension dispute continues

Railway workers in France staged a strike on Thursday, 20 April, in a continuing dispute over Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.

Radio France Internationale

President Macron confronted by angry protesters in eastern France

French President Emmanuel Macron was booed by crowds in eastern France on Wednesday as he embarked on his first trip out of Paris since signing his unpopular pensions reform into law.

Irish Independent

Emmanuel Macron stares down a hostile citizenry in first public outing since hiking French retirement age

Protesters greeted French president Emmanuel Macron with boos and calls for him to resign in his first public appearance since he signed into law an unpopular rise in the retirement age.

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