PARIS, March 21 — Dozens of people were arrested across France after sporadic protests broke out hours after President Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a...
PARIS, March 21 — Dozens of people were arrested across France after sporadic protests broke out hours after President Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in parliament yesterday over a deeply unpopular pension reform.
In some of central Paris’ most prestigious avenues, firefighters scrambled to put out burning rubbish piles left uncollected for days due to strikes as protesters played cat-and-mouse with police for a fifth night.French CRS riot police officers stand guard during a demonstration in Paris March 20, 2023. — Reuters pic
The vote on the tripartisan, no-confidence motion was closer than expected. Some 278 members of paliament backed it, just nine short of the 287 needed for it to succeed. All eyes now turn to the president who is due to speak to the nation tomorrow afternoon, according to France Info radio.
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