IPFS News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Paris police use tear gas amid strike over pension reform
• https://www.latimes.com by APAt least 87 protesters were arrested in the French capital by evening as the protests wound down.
Unions launched the open-ended, nationwide walkout over President Emmanuel Macron's centerpiece reform in the biggest challenge to the centrist leader since the yellow vest movement against economic inequality erupted a year ago.
Opponents fear the changes to how and when workers can retire will threaten the hard-fought French way of life. Macron himself remained "calm and determined" to push it through, according to a top presidential official.