On Thursday, nearly 400,000 protesters took to the streets across France, according to the interior ministry.
Demonstrations also took place in towns and cities across the country - including in Rennes a Mercedes was set on fire - in a final show of anger over the plans.France's state retirement age is 62 - much lower than many of its European neighbours. But French workers have reacted with fury to the proposals, with unions sharing a great a pride in France's pensions system.
In the third quarter of 2022, national debt stood at 113.4% of GDP - more than in the UK , Germany , and similar to struggling economies like Spain and Portugal .
LisaatSky Fair play to the French, we are more than happy to roll over and get our pensions at 67/68, going up to 70 for our children. Pathetic really, should be 65.
LisaatSky All false Lisa, the pension reform was clearly described in the Macron's program! The people who are enrolled in this strike are mainly privileged (and politicised) people who will be in pension between 55 to 58 yo... that's the French paradoxe!
LisaatSky Don’t blame them
No wonder people are fleeing France and coming to the UK, looks like warzone...
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LisaatSky Macron needs to reverse this immediately it is doing more harm to the country than doing good - there are better ways to do this and his policies are clearly in the wrong direction and effects the working people
LisaatSky Lucky them. Ours will raise by stealth yet again…with no opposition. It’ll raise to 70 before we know it!!
LisaatSky Say what you like about the French, they’re a million times better than our shit show of a country
LisaatSky In the UK they can’t wait to vote a rogue government back in and defend the utter devastation they have caused for 13 years
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Meanwhile here in broken Britain, we're content and happy about the pension age is over 65
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This isn't going to to go well is it
Them scooter batteries are well dodgy innit
HELLO AND UNITY IF U WANT TO SEE THE FUTURE LOOK TO MY FACEBOOK PROFILE POSTS FOR THE CURE IT HEALS ALL CANCERS ALSO MY UNITY ALSO MY ZERO POINT GENARATORS ALSO MY G FARMS ALSO MY ION EINGINE ALSO MY WAY TO CREATE SINGULARITYS IN UR LABS FOR TESTING AND MORE LOL
Of course they did. Backhanders all the way
That's not bad in England you have to wait until you are 67 to get your pension.
The French people don’t lie down to corrupt governments , unlike here which is a Nanny state …
Looks more like a bonfire,if you ask me ffs
lewis_goodall Montrez plutôt le nombre de personnes en train de descendre dans la rue, spontanément, sans encadrement.
Pretty dramatic fire 😂😂
At least they protest and try to change things unlike this pathetic country where we get shat on daily and beg for more.
Not exactly the Great Fire of Paris
Surely you mean a fire was started 🤷♂️
My garden fire pit is more impressive!
Time for Macron day
LisaatSky Tyrannical Napoleon gets his way. No surprise!
LisaatSky Oh la la
LisaatSky Bless their cotton socks! Get to the table and negotiate. Acting like there’s no solution, the cretins
LisaatSky Bloody Brexit!
LisaatSky it should have been 65.