Police fired tear gas and fought with violent black-clad anarchists in Paris on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of mainly peaceful protesters marched across France against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the pension age.
Protesters face off with French CRS riot police amid clashes during a demonstration as part of the ninth day of nationwide strikes and protests against French government's pension reform, in Nantes, France, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 123 police officers had been injured and 80 people arrested across the country. "This is a response to the falsehoods expressed by the president and his incomprehensible stubbornness" Marylise Leon, deputy secretary general of the CFDT union, said.Police had also fired tear gas at some protesters in several other cities, including Nantes and Bordeaux in the west, and used water cannon against others in Rennes in the northwest.
Opinion polls have long shown that a majority of voters oppose the legislation. Opponents were further angered last week when the government rammed the pension changes through parliament without a vote.
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