More than one million people took to the streets on Thursday, with an estimated 119,000 demonstrating in the capital Paris alone
In a ninth day of nationwide unrest, train and air travel were disrupted as more thanFootage showed what appeared to be the front door of Bordeaux town hall engulfed in flames, though firefighters quickly put out the blaze.
“I came here because I oppose this reform and I really oppose the fact that democracy no longer means anything,” Sophie Mendy, an administrative medical worker, toldPeople stand next to the gate of the Bordeaux’s town hall after it was set on fire by protesters “There is a lot of anger, an explosive situation,” the leader of the hardline CGT union, Philippe Martinez, said at the start of a rally in Paris. Union leaders called for calm but were angry with what they called Macron’s “provocative” comments.
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