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Fires burned on the streets of Paris and police fired tear gas to disperse protests after the French gov’t forced its controversial pension reforms through parliament without a vote ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/FHhFntgP9Z
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 17, 2023
Rubbish bins, left uncollected due to garbage collectors strikes, were torched in Paris after President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to push through a contested pension overhaul without a vote https://t.co/Ez7g2lPLco pic.twitter.com/7vdtZEVIL7
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 17, 2023
French PM Elizabeth Borne has invoked article 49.3, allowing her to push Pres. Macron’s pension reform through Parliament without a vote. Take a look as Paris burns:pic.twitter.com/zAzFqNuHId
— Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) March 16, 2023
French riots seem to be a waste of time.
In a democracy, the police can just destroy you.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called Yellow Vest protests after his decision to push through a contested pension overhaul without a vote prompted violent unrest overnight.
Cars were torched in Paris and other French cities in the evening during otherwise peaceful demonstrations involving several thousand people. Trade unions urged workers to step up and briefly blocked the Paris ring road on Friday.
“Something fundamental happened, and that is that, immediately, spontaneous mobilisations took place throughout the country,” hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon said. “It goes without saying that I encourage them, I think that’s where it’s happening.”
The pension overhaul raises France’s retirement age by two years to 64, which the government says is essential to ensure the system does not go bust.
Unions, and most voters, disagree.
The French are deeply attached to keeping the official retirement age at 62, which is among the lowest in OECD countries.
More than eight out of 10 people are unhappy with the government’s decision to skip a vote in parliament, and 65% want strikes and protests to continue, a Toluna Harris Interactive poll for RTL radio showed.
Going ahead without a vote “is a denial of democracy…a total denial of what has been happening in the streets for several weeks,” 52-year-old psychologist Nathalie Alquier said in Paris. “It’s just unbearable.”
I think people should have freedom.
But freedom is totally incompatible with democracy.
