Violent protests erupted in the French capital last night after president Emmanuel Macron forced his controversial pension reform, which will see the retirement age rise from 62 to 64, through parliament without a vote.
Protestors blocked streets in Paris with fires and clashed with anti-riot police after French president Emmanuel Macron successfully pushed controversial pension reforms through without a vote.
The pension bill, raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64, will become law after the government survived two no-confidence votes. As both of the preventative measures failed, a bill to raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 becomes law. Gendarmes secure the area after the evacuation of the access to an oil terminal in Donges, western France
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