New Protests Against Macron and His Pension Bill Amid Warnings of Violence

Tourists and locals walk past overflowing garbage bins in a street near the Eiffel Tower as garbage has not been collected due to a strike of garbage collectors against the French government pension reform, in Paris, France, March 27, 2023. (Reuters)

France faces a new nationwide day of strikes and protests on Tuesday after some of the country's worst street violence in years marred rallies over the past week.

Protests against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to delay retirement age by two years to 64 had been largely peaceful so far.