Post by sevenofnine on Mar 23, 2023 10:24:39 GMT -5
Yeah trash pile up on street of Paris LOL!
French unions on Thursday are holding their first mass demonstrations since President Emmanuel Macron inflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote.
Strikes are upending travel, and blockades are expected at ports, refineries and garbage dumps.
Violence has intensified in recent days at scattered protests against the pension reform and Macron’s leadership.
In Marseilles, the leader of the left-wing Insoumis party Jean-Luc Mélenchon urged protesters to stay calm today.
"The first instruction is that each and everyone keep their cool but do not let themselves be intimidated in any way", he said, denouncing Emmanuel Macron as employing "the strategy of paralysis, of provocation and chaos".
Calling on everyone to "throw all th
www.euronews.com/2023/03/23/mass-strikes-and-protests-grip-france-in-defiance-of-macrons-pension-reforms
French unions on Thursday are holding their first mass demonstrations since President Emmanuel Macron inflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote.
Strikes are upending travel, and blockades are expected at ports, refineries and garbage dumps.
Violence has intensified in recent days at scattered protests against the pension reform and Macron’s leadership.
In Marseilles, the leader of the left-wing Insoumis party Jean-Luc Mélenchon urged protesters to stay calm today.
"The first instruction is that each and everyone keep their cool but do not let themselves be intimidated in any way", he said, denouncing Emmanuel Macron as employing "the strategy of paralysis, of provocation and chaos".
Calling on everyone to "throw all th
www.euronews.com/2023/03/23/mass-strikes-and-protests-grip-france-in-defiance-of-macrons-pension-reforms
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