The protests came a day after French lawmakers began debating a pension bill that would raise the minimum retirement from 62 to 64, according to AP. The bill is the flagship legislation of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term.
Tens of thousands marched in the cities of Nice, Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes and elsewhere, as well as in Paris. Protesters in the French capital, many of whom were young, marched peacefully from the Opera area carrying placards reading “Save Your Pension” and “Tax Billionaires, Not Grandmas.”
