France 24: At least 457 people arrested, 441 security forces injured in violent French pension protests
A total of 457 people were arrested and 441 security forces injured on Thursday during nationwide protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reform, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
Speaking to the CNews channel on Friday morning, Darmanin also said that there had been 903 fires lit in the streets of Paris during by far the most violent day of protests since they began in January.
“There were a lot of demonstrations and some of them turned violent, notably in Paris,” Darmanin added, saying the toll was “difficult” while praising the police for protecting the more than million people who marched around France.
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Update #1: France: Nationwide strikes, protests as Macron defiant (DW)
Update #2: Calls for more pensions protests as hundreds arrested in France (Al Jazeera)
WNU Editor: French President Macron is doubling down on his reforms .... Pension reform: French government will not 'yield to violence' Macron says (France 24). More here .... France's Macron says will not yield to pension protests (Reuters).
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