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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Protests again Grip France but Macron Not Backing Down

Activists unfurled a banner at the top of the capital's landmark Arc de Triomphe, reading 'No to 64'. Anne-Christine Poujoulat, AFP

Protesters disrupted traffic at Paris' main airport and gathered again in other French cities on Thursday for strikes and demonstrations seeking to get President Emmanuel Macron to scrap pension reforms that have ignited a monthlong firestorm of public anger.

In Paris, rat catchers set the tone by hurling the cadavers of rodents at City Hall. That protest Wednesday was one of the more shocking illustrations of how Macron's plans to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 have infuriated workers. Broadcaster BFM-TV showed the rodents' emaciated corpses being tossed by workers in white protective suits, The Associated Press said.

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