French police have fired tear gas on some rowdy protesters amid marches in Paris against the government's retirement reforms.
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A few thousand yellow vest protesters marched from the Finance Ministry complex on the Seine River through southeast Paris, pushing their year-old demands for economic fairness — and adding the retirement reform to their list of grievances. Most marchers were peaceful but some threw projectiles or pushed riot officers, prompting repeated bursts of tear gas from police.
Truckers striking over a fuel tax hike disrupted traffic on highways from Provence in the southeast to Normandy in the northwest. A similar fuel tax is what unleashed the yellow vest movement a year ago, and this convergence of grievances could pose a major new threat to Macron's presidency. He will present details of the plan next week. Philippe did offer one olive branch, saying the changes would be progressive so that they don't become “brutal.”
“Yellow vests are back out in the streets,” he told the AP. “It’s getting worse and worse. We’ve obtained nothing since last year, just crumbs. The reforms are getting stronger and stronger.”
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