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‘We’re the only check on Macron’: French protesters vow no let-up in bitter pension battle

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators hit French streets on Thursday for an eleventh day of protests and strikes against President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pension reform, with protesters determined to keep up the pressure ahead of a key court ruling.

France 24

Paris pension protesters target Macron’s favourite restaurant

Weeks of protests, riots and clashes with police have culminated in an attack on a famous Paris eatery with links to embattled President Emmanuel Macron.

The New Daily

Paris brasserie favoured by Macron set alight as pension protests continue

Awning of La Rotonde briefly in flames as hundreds of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators again take to streets across France

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Anger persists in France's pensions standoff as protesters strike on

France was gripped by an 11th day of strikes and protests against pension reform on Thursday, with air traffic disrupted at Paris's main airport and walkouts hitting the public transport, education, health and energy sectors.

Radio France Internationale

Macron’s favourite restaurant set on fire, participation dwindles in French pension protests

Protesters in Paris briefly set fire to President Emmanuel Macron’s favourite restaurant Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for an 11th day of demonstrations against the president’s deeply unpopular pension reform. Violence also flared in others French cities, including Rennes and Nantes, but overall protest…

France 24

Watch live: Pension reform protests resume in Paris

Watch live as protests against reforms to pensions take place in Paris on Thursday, 6 April.

The Independent UK

Pension reform protesters briefly invade Paris BlackRock building

Dozens of trade unionists railing against French President Emmanuel Macron's pension overhaul briefly invaded the central Paris building in which U.S.-based investment firm BlackRock has an office, chanting slogans and setting off firecrackers.

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Protests again grip France but Macron not backing down

Protesters have blocked a road at Paris’ main airport and are gathering again in other French cities for another nationwide push with strikes and demonstrations to get President Emmanuel Macron to scrap contested pension reforms

The Independent UK

Macron’s favourite Paris restaurant set ablaze in ‘Black Thursday’

Emmanuel Macron’s favourite Paris restaurant was set ablaze today as anti-government demonstrators took part in another ‘Black Thursday’ of industrial action across France.

Evening Standard

French unions hope 11th day of strikes will dial up pressure over pensions

French trade union leaders are counting on their members for a huge turnout on Thursday, the 11th day of strike action against the government’s pension reform. Talks between union representatives and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne ended without agreement on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Why are the French so angry over retiring 2 years later?

Hundreds of thousands of people will fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64

The Independent UK

Protests again Grip France but Macron Not Backing Down

Protesters disrupted traffic at Paris' main airport and gathered again in other French cities on Thursday for strikes and demonstrations seeking to get President Emmanuel Macron to scrap pension reforms that have ignited a monthlong firestorm of public anger. In Paris, rat catchers set the tone by hurling the cadavers…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French minister blames ultra-left for clashes between police, protesters

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Wednesday hit back at claims that police are too tough on protesters, telling a parliamentary committee that ultra-left groups were to blame for clashes with environmental activists and people marching against pension reform.

Radio France Internationale

Pension protesters target Paris bistro favoured by Macron

Clashes erupted in Paris next to a Left Bank brasserie favoured by French President Emmanuel Macron as protesters torched garbage cans and smashed two banks during the eleventh day of nationwide demonstrations against pension reform.

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French unions to hold day of strikes after talks with prime minister fail

First meeting between both sides since pension changes were presented in January was over in an hour, and unions emerged calling for more protests

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France braces for new protests after pensions deadlock

PARIS - France on Thursday braced for another day of protests and strikes to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform after talks between the government and unions ended in deadlock.

The Independent UK

French PM, unions meeting fails ahead of pension protests

French trade union leaders have walked out of talks with the country's prime minister after failing to find a compromise on the contentious plan to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64 years

Reuters

French unions to keep up pensions protest after talks with PM fail

France's labour unions will keep up their fight against a planned rise of the legal retirement age, they said on Wednesday, after a meeting with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne failed to end months of gridlock over a deeply unpopular reform.

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Pension protests - why we're so different to France

Why the much-protested Gallic gold card system has no similarity to ours.

The Independent UK

Pension protests raise tension between police, demonstrators

French authorities see the police as protectors who ensure that citizens can peacefully protest President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious retirement age increase

Asharq Al-Awsat

Embattled Macron Heads to China, Leaving Burning Paris Behind

French President Emmanuel Macron will head to China next week for a rare visit to the rising superpower, in an awkward balancing act between his global statesman ambitions and his struggle to contain embarrassing pension protests at home. The French leader, whose decision to ram much-disputed pension legislation through parliament…

Reuters

Embattled Macron heads to China, leaving burning Paris behind

Radio France Internationale

French unions to meet with government over pension reform

Nearly all of France’s trade unions have agreed to meet with French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne next week, though the government has said it will not change its position on its contested pension reform. The changes have not been implemented, pending a decision by the Constitutional council on 14 April.

Reuters

French pension standoff causing cracks in Macron's camp, insiders say

President Emmanuel Macron's drive to ram through legislation raising France's retirement age despite mass protests is creating rifts between ministers and his allies amid frustration that the government has not resolved the standoff, insiders say.

Reuters

France's Macron announces water saving plan, says protests will not stop reforms

French President Emmanuel Macron sought to rally citizens around a plan to save water on Thursday and stressed that protests will not stop reforms, in a nod to both climate change and an unpopular pension bill.

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