The Telegraph published this video item, entitled “Police clash with French protesters over pension age increase in Paris” – below is their description.
Emmanuel Macron has reportedly ordered his government to stand firm and “man the front lines” as strikes against the pension age increase swept the country.
More than 1.1 million French workers went on strike on January 19 over the plans to raise the official retirement age by two years to 64. Unions hope turnout will be even higher on Tuesday to oppose what they claim is a “brutal” reform, which will also see workers obliged to make social security contributions over 43 years rather than 42 years in order to draw a full pension from 2027.
The first day of action already amounted to the largest protests since the last major round of pension reform in 2010, which raised the official retirement age from 60 to 62 despite the mass demonstrations.
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