Protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms gripped France again Tuesday, with many thousands marching and concerns that violence could mar the demonstrations prompting what officials described as an unprecedented deployment of 13,000 officers.
again Tuesday, with many thousands marching and the Eiffel Tower closed and police ramping up security amid government warnings that radical demonstrators intended “to destroy, to injure and to kill.”
The French leader previously used a special constitutional power to ram the reform past legislators without allowing them a vote. His move this month further galvanized the protest movement. Violence has since flared and thousands of tons of stinking garbage have piled up on Paris’ streets as sanitation workers strike.
Another passenger, Helene Cogan, 70, said: “French people are stubborn and things are getting out of hand.” Demonstrations got underway peacefully Tuesday morning, with large crowds in multiple cities. But police reported being pelted with objects and responded with tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the western city of Nantes and were braced for violence elsewhere.
Some protesters, human rights campaigners and Macron’s political opponents allege that police officers have used excessive force against demonstrators. A police oversight body is investigating multiple claims of wrongdoing by officers. “What adds fuel to the fire is the behavior of the government, the police violence in particular,” she said.
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