Protesters disrupted vehicle traffic at Paris' main airport and police fired clouds of tear gas in other French cities as people marched in their thousands in a new round of strikes and nationwide demonstrations.9News
, rat catchers set the tone by hurling rodents' cadavers at City Hall. That protest on Wednesday was one of the more shocking illustrations of how Macron's plans to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 have stoked workers' fury.
Youths run though tear gas during a protest Thursday, April 6, 2023 in Nantes, western France. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The furious public reaction to the plan has cornered and weakened French President Emmanuel Macron.
Demonstrators march Thursday, April 6, 2023 in Nantes, western France. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The furious public reaction to the plan has cornered and weakened French President Emmanuel Macron.Demonstrators march during a protest Thursday, April 6, 2023 in Nantes, western France.
Youths run though tear gas during a protest in Nantes, western France, on Thursday, April 6, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The furious public reaction to the plan has cornered and weakened French President Emmanuel Macron.
It said flights were unaffected, but travellers towing their luggage had to weave their way past flag-waving protesters. Demonstrators march Thursday, April 6, 2023 in Nantes, western France. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The furious public reaction to the plan has cornered and weakened French President Emmanuel Macron.
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