On Saturday, French police banned rallies on Paris’ Place de la Concorde, opposite Parliament, after two nights of protests against a controversial pension reform that led to incidents.
“Because of the serious risks of disrupting public order and security (…) all gatherings on public roads in and around the Place de la Concorde, as well as in the Champs-Elysees area, are prohibited,” he said the police to AFP.
“People who try to meet there will be systematically evicted by the police” and could face fines, the same source added.
President Emmanuel Macron decided Thursday to adopt a controversial pension reform, without submitting it to a vote by MEPs, fearing a defeat in Parliament, by virtue of a legal mechanism: the controversial article 49.3 of the Constitution.
Its goal is to delay the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030 and bring forward to 2027 the obligation to pay 43 years (and not 42 as now) to collect a full pension.
Thousands of people gathered on Friday evening in protest mode on the Place de la Concord, where incidents took place resulting in 61 arrests.
Some groups threw bottles and fireworks at the security forces, who responded with tear gas to evacuate the site where a large bonfire was burning.
The day before, 10,000 protesters gathered in the central square and 258 were arrested.
Source: agencies
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