Paris protests: Drivers swerve through burning streets
More than 100 people were arrested in Paris on Monday night alone as protesters burned some of the stewing piles of rubbish left by striking bin workers.
It came as President Emmanuel Macron prepared to break his silence on his move to ram through his pension reforms without a vote in parliament, which has further angered protesters.
Mr Macron will address the nation in a televised interview on Wednesday, his office said, after his government fended off two no-confidence votes in parliament after a controversial pensions overhaul that has sparked mass protests.
Macron’s government used a constitutional measure to adopt the reform, which pushes back the retirement age to 64 from 62, without a vote in the lower-house National Assembly, sparking claims of a “denial of democracy“ by angry demonstrators.
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