More than 370 people were arrested in the protests of the last two days in France.
As anti-government protests continue in France, demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan turned violent.
It is said that in Paris, the police clashed with the protesters and most of the clashes and violence were concentrated in the Concorde Square of this city.
French protesters are angry at the country’s president’s decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote in the National Assembly. Macron’s retirement plan was presented several times in the National Assembly in the past month but did not get enough votes, and two days ago, the French President asked the Prime Minister to use special powers to implement this controversial plan, according to which the government without The resolution of the parliament can turn its plan into law.
According to French sources, protesters gathered and opened fire in Concord Square and near the National Assembly building in Paris, where they clashed with riot police.
According to the French television channel BFMTV, the police arrested 61 people following the protests on Friday. French Interior Minister Gérald Darwinin said the number was in addition to 310 people arrested on Thursday, with 258 of those arrested in Paris. Therefore, the total number of people arrested in the Paris protests has reached more than 370 people during the two days of Thursday and Friday.
It is also reported that more demonstrations are planned across France in the coming days, and these protests may paralyze France, which is embroiled in a simultaneous union strike. Protesters have announced in their demonstrations that a dignified and comfortable retirement is an absolute right in France.
