French police clashed with hundreds of black-clad anarchists in Paris and other cities during union-led protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s increase in the retirement age, as workers staged Labour Day rallies across Europe.
Macron last month raised the retirement age by two years to 64 despite multi-sector strikes, in a move that drove his popularity down to near the record lows seen during the “Yellow Vest” crisis of 2018-2019.
Trade unions had called for a big turnout as they seek to force a U-turn by Macron’s government, which forced its pension law through without a final vote in the National Assembly, where it lacks a working majority.“The executive cannot govern without the support of its people,” said Sophie Binet, leader of the hard-left CGT union.
Elsewhere in Europe on Monday, Italy’s three main unions rallied in the southern city of Potenza, protesting against a labor package approved by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightist government.
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