New protests in France: Citizens continue to oppose pension reform
New protests paralyze France as the country's president, Emmanuel Macron, is on an official visit to China.
The French continue to oppose the pension reform, which would raise the retirement age by two years. People threw stones and Molotov cocktails, and law enforcement responded with tear gas.
Unionists have called for mass protests after a meeting with French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne failed to make any changes to the deeply unpopular law among French people, which will raise the retirement age. For union leaders, it is the eleventh day of general protests.
Emmanuel Macron, who promised pension reform in both presidential campaigns, says it is necessary to keep the country's finances in balance.
