The pandemic is likely to diminish upcoming voter turn-out despite angry backlash against Macron’s pension reforms
The government published an official decree on Saturday banning all non-essential gatherings, but hundreds of protesters, some wearing surgical masks, began convening outside the Montparnasse train station, chanting anti-Macron slogans. Such as in the video below:
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