France, protests continue. In Paris, protesters occupy the ring road, in Normandy a refinery is blocked
In France the wave of protests over the pension reform does not stop. Yesterday (March 16) the draft became law without Parliament’s vote. Today (March 17) protesters are continuing to set fire to Paris. Over 200 people flocked, at the invitation of the trade union Cgt, to the ring road blocking traffic. The demonstrators had gathered at Porte de Clignancourt, before heading in procession towards Porte de la Chapelle, and forced motorists to drive at a pass. After a night of fighting with burning bins, e the police firing tear gas. Macron’s hard line continues, having resorted to article 49, paragraph 3, which allows the adoption of the project without a vote.
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France, the oppositions have presented the motion of no confidence
The oppositions presented no-confidence motions, but the government, today, let it be known that it has “lvocation to continue to govern“. This was yesterday’s political chronicle, but outside Parliament, the mobilization continues and intensifies. Yesterday, at the news of the government’s decision, spontaneous demonstrations had filled the squares of dozens of French cities. A Paris the most nourished protestwith thousands of people who had moved through the streets of the center trying to get to Place de la Concorde, where the seat of the National Assembly, the French Parliament, is located.
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There police lined up in riot gear tried to block the processions and violent clashes ensued: on one side barricades, throwing objects and burning bins, on the other tear gas and water cannons. there were 310 . While still in the French capital, where tons of waste have been accumulating for days now, the garbage collectors show no sign of suspending their strike. To the prefect’s request to proceed with the injunction of at least a part of the workers, the socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo yesterday replied no. Explaining that the only solution to solve the problem is “social dialogue” by the government on pension reform.
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