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    France: Violent clashes erupt as anti-pension reforms protests take over streets of Paris03:18

    France: Violent clashes erupt as anti-pension reforms protests take over streets of Paris

    France, Paris
    PoliticsSocietyFrench pension protests
    March 11, 2023 at 17:10 GMT +00:00 · Published

    Chaotic scenes erupted in the streets of Paris on Saturday as violent clashes between demonstrators and police officers took place during the seventh round of protests against new pension reforms.

    Footage shows police officers and demonstrators engaging in a physical confrontation, while some of the protesters were arrested by officers. The video also highlights the broken windows of different stores because of objects thrown by protesters and police officers firing tear gas to control the protest.

    France has seen a large scale of strikes organised by workers’ unions since January, following the government’s plan to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030.

    Ministers reportedly say the changes will balance the deficit in the system caused by longer life expectancy. France, along with a handful of other EU countries, has the lowest pension age in Europe, spending nearly 14 percent of its economic output on them.

    The last reform, in 2011, raised the retirement age from 60 to 62.

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    Chaotic scenes erupted in the streets of Paris on Saturday as violent clashes between demonstrators and police officers took place during the seventh round of protests against new pension reforms.

    Footage shows police officers and demonstrators engaging in a physical confrontation, while some of the protesters were arrested by officers. The video also highlights the broken windows of different stores because of objects thrown by protesters and police officers firing tear gas to control the protest.

    France has seen a large scale of strikes organised by workers’ unions since January, following the government’s plan to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030.

    Ministers reportedly say the changes will balance the deficit in the system caused by longer life expectancy. France, along with a handful of other EU countries, has the lowest pension age in Europe, spending nearly 14 percent of its economic output on them.

    The last reform, in 2011, raised the retirement age from 60 to 62.