Protests intensify across France over pension reform

Hundreds of thousands of protestors are taking to the streets of Paris, setting fires, and clashing with police over the French government’s controversial new pension reforms. NBC’s Keir Simmons has more on the intensifying demonstrations as the country grapples with the escalating crisis.
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#Protest #France #PensionReform

[@LoveHandle4890]

“The people shouldn’t be afraid of their government, the government should be afraid of their people.”

[@erickkisreal9398]

Macron doesn't look afraid to me. I don't see any signs that these protesters are going for his head

[@zertun2380]

When people afraid of government is Tyranny when government is afraid of people its democracy.

[@donsong9958]

Unlike the United Kingdom

[@williamroyer4669]

What would Vladimir putin do 🤔

[@guillaume5156]

"When the government is afraid of the people it is a democracy, when the people are afraid of the government it is a tyranny" Thomas Jefferson 🙏

[@daddy9925]

If Macrons not careful he might lose more than the pension issue. These folks don’t seem to be playing games.

[@population-_-420]

Defund the police

[@theotisduncanjr1779]

How U.S. should be

[@MrDXRamirez]

I do not believe you understand what his actions are saying and doing. 1. The losses of the very rich he is attempting to save and rescue through this reform which is a false word for what it is he does on the backs of the working classes by extending the retirement age. 2. That a police response to an economic problem of the rich not wanting to pay out pensions demonstrates the government is broken and it will collapse. What is the point of a parliament if you are going to rule by force? 3. The super rich and Macron will be guillotined or leave the country as society is on the brink of a revolution. 4. This is a highly organized national strike not at all a spontaneous rebellion or protest of a small section of workers the American News shoves down our throats as a false narrative. 5. This revolution spreads the world over speeding up the end of western capitalism which has already collapsed in Europe and is pending in the US.

[@changingoftheguard7256]

Chop!! See how many times that macron phagit can blink before fade to black

[@changingoftheguard7256]

@@population-_-420 in this case, forget defunding. Make them leak 👮🏽‍♂️⚰️ out

[@NorthernSoulIsMyWorld]

Be fair guys, if you refuse to work for two extra years how will the billionaires ever become trillionaires???

[@Reelunique]

Wish they could feel the suffering everyone else does. Can’t afford proper healthcare, mental health screenings, enslaved to a rental system because you can’t afford to buy a house. If the wealthy don’t relinquish control and selfishness the people will continue to fight against the wealthy elite who refuse to acknowledge regular hardworking people in need.

[@juniortalom950]

4ans.

[@MactoneAurele]

Bezos was decorated of the french honor legion while this is happening... go figure ;)

[@Gonzalo_105]

😂

[@adriangonzalez8270]

And sheeple be like "they're just lazy"

[@hhydar883]

Here in Pakistan we saw the consequences of staying silent when federal govt amended multiple laws giving them more power over the public. Never ever compromise on your freedom folks. Govt is supposed to listen to the public, not the other way around. énorme soutien France

[@cyberverse9141]

People in Pakistan have a habit of supporting the wrong person. Even now majority of fools here support imran khan who literally destroyed the economy

[@crusoerob8550]

This is different, these people are used to not working after sixty and enjoying life at state expense. But there are not enough people paying into the social security system because working numbers are less. This is unsustainable, that is what MACRON is saying? Regarding Pakistan, it's money has been eaten by the army and the political class. Even if you demonstrate till you die, you will not get any help.

[@marclucido5721]

Seeing that in the united states as well. But we are to sheep like to do anything about it

[@Kanavankuolemaaseuraten]

You are right, goverment is for the people, not the opposite.

[@dipropraubha9434]

@@crusoerob8550 what you're saying makes no sense. Everything works fine under capitalism. Everything you're describing and what's happening is only supposed to happen under socialism no?🤣

[@shannonbee6511]

I have coworkers who have to keep working at 70+ because they can’t afford to retire. Social Security just doesn’t pay enough to live on. While they are amazing workers and the backbone of the facility, I feel so sad that they HAVE to keep working when they should be enjoying their lives and hanging with their loved ones. Good for the French for fighting for their elderly. ❤️

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Would never happen in the USA. They'd call out the military with tear gas and fire hoses

[@SIXX2772]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKKYnaClZsyYo8k

[@lifeofreilly9943]

64 is NOT elderly. The biggest issue is that this change was not voted in

[@briannaghey-hw7hj]

If you have to depend on government assistance then you are the one who fked up. Social security isn't a right, if your govenement is incompetent like in America, SS cannot be afforded without printing trillions of dollars.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? PSG Receipt

[@Ontheroadtourism]

It's not just about pension reform. It's about democracy, high prices and people fed up with having their rights taken away.

[@barracuda008l4]

Wrong it is about PENSIONS nothing more ..... they use the same article like 100 times before

[@Ontheroadtourism]

@@barracuda008l4 I don't think you been listening to many reports where French people have been interviewed as to why this is happening.

[@learnjazzmusic]

@@Ontheroadtourism which one of their "rights" is taken aways ??

[@Ontheroadtourism]

@@learnjazzmusic Agenda 2030, WEF 15 minute cities, removal of 140, 000 on street parking places, abuse of democratic process by passing a law by decree and not being voted on in Parliament

[@kartikeyatiwari2502]

​@@learnjazzmusic right to democracy where a dictator doesn't force a legislation without any voting?

[@JaseAndrews]

There's a visible slant in favor of Macron in this video. They're showing violence and talking about Macron struggling as if the people are 100% at fault and completely violent. An overwhelming majority of the protestors are reasonable and peaceful, and there has been more violence and aggression from the police than from the protestors. The government is refusing to listen to alternate solutions and propositions about this, and Macron's stubbornness on this issue is inexcusable.

[@MactoneAurele]

Not really as much as on national TV, here they talk about what the issue is : democracy 🙂

[@javonpryce]

This isnt America. Nothing here through the eyes of Parisians is slanting to Macron. People continued protesting signals that Macron really messed up.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

There are problems everywhere. The capitalist are trying to get the biggest slice of the pie of course.

[@JTSunriseMusic]

Six media companies and and a handful of billionaires control all media. Media works to uphold colonial fascism and slavery

[@pumitriii6160]

Dawg this is NBC, would you expect them to fairly cover a democratic/populist movement? Uh no

[@robertruggiero9999]

Democracy must be defended and fought for. Bravo the people.

[@jasonscott4366]

Ummm theyre being children. Its 2 years extended and still better than most of the world

[@jeroenb5553]

Real democracy please, and not the fake democracy of the west we live in.

[@adriangonzalez8270]

@@jasonscott4366 they passed it without the CONCENT/Vote of their people. Are you serious bro?

[@SecretiaTV]

@@jasonscott4366 - If something's not as bad as somewhere else, then I guess that makes it okay? You lack any logic

[@jasonscott4366]

@@adriangonzalez8270 doesnt sound like they needed it.

[@chatsu5441]

Only French still keep unique life style living, keep fighting. I be with you French.

[@aardvarmario]

This is such irresponsible journalism. This is a major story and they provide little context. The people are as much upset about HOW Macron did it as what he did. He circumvented their democracy.

[@grote__julia]

Exactly my thoughts. Absolute trash reporting. At the end of reporting about an announced 11th day of strikes, the anchor poses that somehow it seems Macron is beginning to win?? How?? And like you said, where is the context? It's about more than pension reform

[@nickplays2022]

Isn’t it legal in France?

[@Tha3rdworldghost]

​@@nickplays2022 does it matter?

[@Enowise]

@@nickplays2022 It is. But never has it been done like this. Macron used every possible law from the constitution to hasten a vote in Parliement without discussion. And then, few minutes before the vote, he counted that he would not have enough vote in parliement. So he went around and used 49.3 which allows the prime minister to force through with a law proposition. The only thing that can be done is a vote of confidence which unfortunately was lost by 9 votes (out of 577). The problem here is that 49.3 was used to dodge a vote that would have been lost. A vote that they did everything they could to have very quickly. And despite everyone being against this law, they used those brutal laws. And the most incredible thing is, few days before 49.3 was used, the goverment said that they would not use it. Previous presidents knew when to back off. Macron doesn't and at this point it feels more like an ego problem from Macron who calls workers "People who are nothing". So yeah it is legal but way out of the mindset that goes with our constitution. And that what this crisis is about.

[@zeldasmith6154]

Macron wants a monarchy. He's King and his former teacher, Queen.

[@hectorlizardi9634]

They need to listen to the people

[@population-_-420]

F maga

[@titan8084]

No? Macron is literally doing this because of how much debt they are building up becuase of the low retire age

[@tfjdfhozs3s849]

@@titan8084 ce qui est totalement faux, le régime des retraites en France est pour l'instant à l'équilibre, le prétexte est une étude prévisionnelle bidon (puisqu'ils ont prit la plus pessimiste d'entre toutes) du gouvernement pour dans dix ans. Même si cette étude tenait la route, il y aurait beaucoup, beaucoup d'autres moyens de financer ce futur déficit, l'objectif est de contraindre les gens à mettre de l'argent (ceux qui le peuvent encore) dans des fonds de pension tels Black Rock, et pas autre chose, puisque l'U.E fait du chantage pour que la France récupère une partie du prétendu prêt (80 milliards donnés par la France à l'U.E, afin d'en récupérer 40, ça s'appelle du vol en fait) fait il y a quelques temps.

[@SIXX2772]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKKYnaClZsyYo8k

[@notafortnitegamer]

@@titan8084 perhaps macron should stop funding programs that go towards migrants

[@learnjazzmusic]

The French : getting together to save their healthcare, pensions, and fighting for better living conditions .. Americans : getting together because a Qanon guy told them John F. Kennedy was going to come back from the dead and appear in Dallas...

[@haven_lady675]

What? I never heard of this. But I'm not surprised Qanon would say that...

[@karlabritfeld7104]

You got it.

[@cipher7548]

The French showing the way for the rest of the world. I hope they stay strong, are able keep this up and get what the majority want and deserve.

[@nickplays2022]

Will you give the money for pensions?

[@cipher7548]

No, the French gov has the money they just raised the military budget to 1 trillion, spend 100s of billions on propping up banks and buying submarines etc. They French have been paying higher taxes to retire at 62 - it's their money, I'd just take it from that instead of spending it on other things. Or tax the super rich get it that way.

[@jonathanlivingston33]

@@nickplays2022 There is no problem paying pensions, it's a decoy... In France we can pay pensions until at least 2050... And even if it were a real problem, there would still be much more viable solutions! This government is dictatorial and we won't let go!!! Rather die!! PS: I'm french

[@117jeannot]

​@@nickplays2022 In France the pension's system could pay for everyone without the Macron's reform. It's just the ideologic and capitalistic vision of our president which are the source of chaos

[@MannyQuid]

@@nickplays2022 There is other ways to get the money, the reform this government passes always hit the same people, the low income with difficult jobs and people with careers with wholes. You only get full retirement if you work a full 43 years, a lot of people already do not retire at 62 or 64 to get full pensions, unless you start early, before 19, which is usually unqualified labor (no college education) and work fulltime without interruption then you can retire at 62. If you had period of inactivity (unemployment, childbirth ...) you need to work longer to catch up.

[@RebeccaO619]

Go off French citizens!! Don’t stop. Don’t give up. Love from California ❤

[@cfroi08]

"Protestors are blocking tourist attractions like the Louvre" "These are isolated events don't cancel your travel plans" What a joke

[@pspboy7]

Must be embarrassing to visit another country when your own country is collapsing.

[@d.b.2997]

Meanwhile, in the United States, we are currently at the retirement age of 67 and it's going to climb according to some financial advisors that are now encouraging Americans to try to work until 70 years of age due to the coming economic crisis. I am 46, and by the time I get to age 67, it will no longer be retirement age. It will be 82. We just let it happen, too. It's good for France to fight it. Americans are screwed if they aren't already retired. I fully see myself having to work until I literally drop dead while on the job. Talk about a lovely future to look forward to. That is why it's not really in our best interests to live a long life, and that's sad.

[@Glumclam]

Time to stand up? Maybe?

[@dominoplay3712]

why a surprise? you guys are having the most billionaires, somebody has to pay for that. not a offence to you personally, but America is long gone on any intelligent thought about anything, really

[@juju-xx5xn]

Macron needs to step down. French people are not playing. The whole nation is seeing protests.

[@TaureanRuler]

The level of Pompousness to ask about "tourism"...while people are trying to enforce their rights

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Always beware of the word "reform". That usually means someone is getting screwed.

[@Dan-jg7zl]

That is people power at work. From England, we salute you French people. I wish the British would protest like this.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

I wish our Police would react in the same way. Fortunately the British public have more sense than the hotheads in France.

[@mansurshah9015]

Americans and Canadians just talk and they government can raise whatever they feel like no one is to stand for their rights.

[@Reelunique]

We have to realize who the enemy is. They want us to fight each other when we should be fighting against the top 1% and politicians who’d rather spend money fighting other countries wars instead of helping their own people.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Canadians have it a lot better off than Americans!

[@mansurshah9015]

@@karlabritfeld7104 I don’t think so, same puppet show. Just see in the past 2 years how much of your rights you lost then you realize.

[@iwantthe80sback59]

Hold the line France 🇫🇷 🇨🇦

[@velshock]

Vivre La France! Fight or become powerless corporate American “Human Capital.”

[@ultimatedouchebag6760]

In the US we just take it up the butt cuz we can't seem to work together

[@karlabritfeld7104]

That's the way they want it too. Keep everyone separated and stupid.

[@joshuaacomodar4577]

Theyre all sleeping devidee too dumbed down

[@grandmaster137]

The French people are very disorganized. If they want to end this, they could have stormed the Palace Elysee, and Macron, fearing for his life, would be forced to resign or step down.

[@dimidrisanchez9422]

take notes french guys

[@tysonreuter5788]

It worked in Ukraine, but I doubt these protesters have the CIA backing them.

[@dsb5444]

Big brain time

[@jmbig]

of course... a palace which is guarded by the republican guard... it will even be impossible to approach the streets which border the élysée palace.... it is easier to arrive at the white house than in front of this palace...just look at the layout of the place...it's streets and bottlenecks....the only way would be for it to become a revolution....no longer a demonstration... .

[@druu988]

I’ve heard there’s about 3.5 million people protesting that’s more than the population of Paris France.

[@timanderson9894]

Under sold. Not hundreds of thousands. The number is 3 million

[@frenetic1057]

And where did you get that number?

[@timanderson9894]

@@frenetic1057 BBC, Sky News, french personnel on the ground, and a British person who tracks current events throughout Europe

[@timanderson9894]

@@frenetic1057 you can also find that number on Democracy now

[@soupdrinker]

@@timanderson9894 propaganda

[@jonathanlivingston33]

@@soupdrinker This is not propaganda, but the truth! Each time this government gives us biased numbers! So much so that here in France now we film the demonstrations with drones to have the real number !!

[@electricsnut]

Let this be a reminder to politicians around the world… keep pushing and we will come for you.

[@iangillon6981]

Big up to the French Public. In the UK Its 67!! And now they want it, to be 68.

[@rainbowsperformance]

And in Italy too ((((

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

Why didn’t the government allow public input? Why wasn’t the process transparent? Why was the decision dropped on the public without warning?

[@MrLuffy9131]

Hey but they got what they voted for XD

[@arthurdalton1397]

​@@MrLuffy9131haha you all just don't get it, right??? The pension funds are a gigantic ponzi scheme (same as the monetary system) and all governments around the world know the 'clock' is ticking.... It's just a matter of time before the whole financial (euro-dollar) system blows up.... The SVB collapse is just the beginning.... And then WW3☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️

[@avalerie4467]

Mr Macron using methods to go around the process. This is the main reason people are angry. Constant government overreach from this president.

[@glenclarkchidley3637]

A one time soldier and lifelong laborer, I was physically broken long before retirement age and had to sell my home, car, and furniture, and all my savings are gone. I even had to get rid of my dog. I still have 19 months to go, but don't think I am going to make it!

[@karlabritfeld7104]

What county are you in? USA?

[@baboushko]

Force a toi

[@yannsimon7289]

​@@karlabritfeld7104 I think it’s USA : the perfect country who decides for all the world.

[@Bruzumi]

U.S. people need to take note and stop being divided and begin to be united against our government when they make changes we don't agree with.

[@arthurdalton1397]

😂😂😂United??? 😂😂😂😂 haha you all just don't get it, right??? The pension funds are a gigantic ponzi scheme (same as the monetary system) and all governments around the world know the 'clock' is ticking.... It's just a matter of time before the whole financial (euro-dollar) system blows up.... The SVB collapse is just the beginning.... And then WW3☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️

[@cody9606]

I hope the people stay strong we've lost so much in the US I wish we could unit like these patriots

[@lifeofreilly9943]

You can

[@marclucido5721]

We can but morality of the two parties is completly different. We could do this for the patriot act 2.0

[@jrsworldnet]

I'm 72 and still working. But collecting US Social Security since 66, the fully vested date here. Prayers for the violence to decease.

[@jupppumpgun88888]

I hope the other European countries follow France 🇫🇷

[@amandaelligott446]

Well done The French,who have a back bone.

[@AleksAvramJeff]

Nice to see that at least France is still alive, God bless those people that protest.

[@robreneau2959]

Pension Reforms should start with politicians.

[@AkaBlackNight]

I work to live, I don't live to work. Everybody in every country in the world should think like that. There is an other way.

[@zertun2380]

Exactly were not slaves we deserve to enjoy atleast some time while our bodies still work properly outside of always working.

[@ivanresendiz6758]

Only solution to really enjoy life is to escape the matrix. You don't want to slave away at a job for the rest of your lives

[@karlabritfeld7104]

No other way in the usa

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Make sure you have a good company / private pension, it's no rocket science. The State Pension should be regarded as nothing more than a nice top up !

[@zertun2380]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 You mean like 401k that is turning in toilet paper over in US wake up m8 private pensions is nothing more then robbery with fancy words these kind of things should be managed by elected people not random managers who has not lived a single day of normal life.

[@AALL99999]

Just a simple question: does France has another path to sustain the high welfare system without new pension reforms ?

[@TheMspoodle2]

Shame they are destroying businesses.

[@fishtropiccanada4747]

Retire at 55 ❤ should be the age 🎉

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

If you plan properly it's easy. I retired at 50 because I did !

[@marizagamboa8780]

why distroy the buildings protest but dont destroy

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Agreed and it shows that this is a far left organised.

[@ECKohns]

My great-Aunt has been retired longer than I’ve been alive.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Retirement and State Pension age are very different. I retired at 50, it's not difficult if you plan for it.

[@prasannarajendran9315]

Don't give up French citizens, look at Israelis they won against their clown PM. Go hard 😂

[@arthurdalton1397]

The zi. On. Tribe...

[@DeadPiixxel]

Their not the real Israelites

[@Gerthmagic]

Israel for Israelites, France for the French. Internationalism is communism.

[@amygirl9534]

Meanwhile, a millennial in America, I’ve given up on retirement completely.

[@stevenhenry5267]

Micro state it

[@ameygade1977]

Me too

[@karlabritfeld7104]

So you let the rich win.

[@peggychamberlain9515]

People are getting tired of tyrants!!!

[@susanzhong1988]

In the UK, the pension age is 67, and the word is spreading that its rising to 68. Even worse

[@juju-xx5xn]

Republicans here want to raise it to 70.

[@AlonsoFan2023]

​@@juju-xx5xn Do companies even hire you at that age if you've lost your job? My father was told by the employment office three years before he retired that he would no longer be able to find a job and that he didn't have to write any applications. He was paid by the employment office for three years, because it is almost hopeless to find a job in our country after 60. Even from 50 it is already difficult to find a new job. What is it like in the USA?

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

It's currently 66. Anyone who is stupid enough to think they can exist on a State Pension is deluded. A good company pension and or private pension is essential if you want to retire much earlier and enjoy a decent standard of living. I retired at 50 because I had planned to do so.

[@danielkingsley7142]

I understand the strike and protest but there shouldn't be no violence committed or vandalism, so please good people of France 🇫🇷 do not vandalize or commit acts of violence against anyone or anyting because violence only leads to more violence and heaven does not like that, so do not destroy or hurt anyone or anything my friends signed Daniel Kingsley leader of the Utopians🕊 of the world

[@AlexL-pt6vp]

We need same protest against rent increase

[@irishred8850]

The French know how to protest better than anyone, absolutely no quarter given, they know if this is allowed to go through, next thing they'll be working until they're 70... Well don't to the French people for standing up for themselves, I wish we had that sort of courage here in Ireland.

[@yannsimon7289]

They fight not only for them, but for the next generation, this is what the boomers haven’t been able to do.

[@khaledabdo71]

The French are very serious. Macron should realize that no spac to political maneuvers.

[@markchristian787]

Did Macron try to explain to the people WHY theres no money in the system for the existing retirement age except to raise the age limit? Im no fan of the guy but this is just common sense math. Maybe they should lower the retirement age and just tax the people more. They seem to love their taxes over there.

[@BabyBugBug]

@@ltahoe9257 The French spend no where near 1 trillion on the military LOL!

[@DistrustHumans]

Quick poll; how many Americans believe that Social Security full benefits is set at a universal age (like 65 or 67)? Most Americans don't understand their own retirement system, or specifically that full benefits age depends completely on the year you were born.

[@arthurdalton1397]

haha😂😂 you all just don't get it, right??? The pension funds are a gigantic ponzi scheme (same as the monetary system) and all governments around the world know the 'clock' is ticking.... It's just a matter of time before the whole financial (euro-dollar) system blows up.... The SVB collapse is just the beginning.... And then WW3☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️

[@nsilveira7622]

Americans never retire. They either collect disability, get public pensions, have mega investments or die working.

[@avalerie4467]

You may collect after 45 years of paying into Social Security. Should, heaven forbid, you become permanently disabled, you may collect early.

[@Gerthmagic]

It’s all gonna collapse before I get a dollar, so why should I pay

[@tommyscott9085]

​@@GerthmagicWhat do you mean collapse?

[@remington8917]

About time these politicians are forgetting they work for us the people we pay there salary this is our world . The people's

[@thothheartmaat2833]

Maybe it's not true. Maybe we think that but we're slaves..

[@remington8917]

@@thothheartmaat2833 We pay taxes on things we "own" so I get ya we aren't free at all I can't even build a shed on your own property without a permit ....just so they can add more tax it's wild

[@yayaetc7334]

Democracy is an everyday fight!

[@nunyanunya4147]

they are marching in mass against 2 years retirement.... can we *talk* about gun controll yet?

[@thewirah1]

That's just normal. There is a kind of idiosyncratic romanticism about protests in France, like guns in America.

[@MylesGmail]

It's good but hopefully no police get injured. Law enforcement is important n they're ppl too

[@Reelunique]

Maybe they should protect the people and not the oligarchs sitting in their million dollar mansions. Just thought I’d throw that out there.

[@danking8103]

"Ce serait hypocrite ": ce que disait Emmanuel Macron

[@sitinursharida8728]

The best time to pension is at 56y.o. & at same time give the new generation to start work.

[@kesayo]

Why don’t they all identify as 64 year olds and start collecting it now?

[@aloha2104]

The never happy French people lucky to have one of the most generous social system in the world, but they want more. They have a well working universal healthcare system, all services are basically free!!.. To be able to retire at age 64 is still not bad!.. The retirement ages in US = 66; Germany = 65 1/2; UK =66; Spain = 67... What are they complaining about??..

[@skontheroad]

Incroyable!

[@tdog8507]

Retire at 64? Oh no not that.

[@nikilauda7499]

The name of the game: Governments, against own people, for the benefit of billionaires! Not only in France...

[@cheriepeden6384]

Resistance is part of the human condition, and its all around us.

[@TNFVLOGS]

20 years from now it may be on the way to 80 years old before u can retire

[@avalerie4467]

Don't see why not. When i started working 46 years ago, i was going to retire at 60 ( last year). Over the years, thats been bumped up and now i can retire early ( for half pay) in a couple of years, or full pay @ 70. So, yeah, i expect the goal post to be moved a couple more times.

[@eanerickson8915]

We need international unions

[@sugarkane4830]

You know that’s bee done “ the international workers of the world” or the Wobblies as they were known.

[@SIsluc]

I thought France was an example of "democracy"

[@nenaradicevic8079]

Can't wait to see millions of protesters this weekend 🎉

[@eugenejustin5314]

But why must destroying the shops?

[@juliettevh3101]

The "destroyers" never are arrested by the Police. They don't make part of the strikes, they're just there to create a kind of chaos and discredit the majority of peaceful protesters. It is no coincidence that the attention is mainly focused on them each time, but that they are never arrested or punished.

[@Damian.123]

FIGHT ‼️ Don't let them enslave you for another 2 years ‼️ We stand with french people 🇫🇷💪🏻💪🏻🇺🇸

[@sitinursharida8728]

What the pension reform change from the previous one?

[@Mongezi44]

Where are the calls for regime change in France? Where are the defenders of freedom and democracy?

[@Airbag15]

Oh no the deficit will go up boohoo. How will rich people make more money now?

[@giuseppepaldino8303]

In Ecuador they work until 70 years, almost all of South America is like that. For 2 hrs more, REALLY!!!!!!

[@avalerie4467]

It's not the two years so much as the president not following the process to get laws passed. A dictator.

[@alexymaldonadoo2913]

This is what we need to do here in the US

[@alieu1731]

Riots?

[@marcusbriggs3223]

Good for them. We need to get coordinated like this in the States.

[@buckyou7365]

I can't believe Marcon has not been taken out.

[@cwarren6625]

It is judgment time That's what's going on So we all better get ready Shalom.😢

[@laetitiasoto2259]

I'm French and I hope macron knows French People won't give up. He should resign now. That's what we're waiting for him to do. Enough is enough.

[@jaym9846]

Sadly, public only wakes up when the bill for reckless money printing and spending comes due.

[@hawkeye9793]

Agree. We're feeling that.

[@slimnull8840]

How can a democratic government ignore the overwhelming protests of its people?

[@mpdmpd8118]

destroying others fellow properties that's RIOT...this is getting stupid

[@caffeinatedcraftymom6379]

GO FRANCE!! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!

[@BB-bv6uq]

The police should join them

[@punapeter]

Paris is about as safe as L.A. Chicago or Denver.

[@jareddixon9108]

Tbf Denver isn’t that dangerous, and Chicago is getting a lot better.

[@eanerickson8915]

Mabye instead of paying off so many police, france could afford pensions?

[@100couscous]

Back in April 1969, Frances President Charles De Gaulle set his position at stake by initiating a referundum about a reform he had. He lost (52 pct voted no, with a participation of 80 pct of the voters). He accepted the citizens choice, and resigned. Macron have neither the will, the wits, or the balls to do so. He's not serving the french population, for this reform is really aimed to balance the economy, as other reforms he made have favoured already very welathy individuals, investors and businesses, but injured the states budget( removal of the ISF(tax on high fortunes), for exempel). It is also said that, by the mere fact of paying women the 22 pct salary difference there is between men and women in France in average, you would create enough revenues to compensate the gap. Macronhas also sold some of the major internationally renowed industries to foreign groups (Alstom), thus creating more deficit and social struggle. He is an outrageous "politician" with no morality, a cynical lying business man.

[@Dublinireland5]

If the French government cannot afford to pay the pensions as agreed change the law so the French people have to wait another two years to get their pension what is the point of France being in Europe and what is the point having a single currency the people of France are worse off now than they was before I think the people in France should go back to the French Frank you can't be any worse off and you are now at the moment France is in financial difficulties or it would pay the pensions two years before

[@kitk888]

Democracy. Is a beautiful sight

[@ameygade1977]

I am 29 and I don’t even intend to live beyond 60

[@sugarkane4830]

Oh well let’s see how you feel when you actually get to 60 eh?

[@Danko_Sekulic]

I'm forty and I agree!

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Neverthekess, not everything is about us. Just because you and I don't intend to live past sixty, it doesn't mean that the people who do do not deserve a fair treatment.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Neverthekess, not everything is about us. Just because you and I don't intend to live past sixty, it doesn't mean that the people who do do not deserve a fair treatment.

[@ameygade1977]

@@Danko_Sekulic I agree

[@carlosrivera920]

Shows to show you that all of our “leaders” “presidents” are having a hard time with their countries. All at once. 🤦‍♂️

[@jaylove7391]

Americans should take notes !!! This is an example of when people finally had enough

[@jessymfwilson]

If they are mad about a 2 year raise in the retirement age ask them how they feel about the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.

[@gen3kali877]

No cops trying to fight with railway workers.

[@nataliemills6644]

Problem is that the politicians are responsible for the problem. Keep fighting, make them squirm and pay for their mishandling of the funds. Americans dont get full retirement until 66, and thats creeping up and up every year. Not that its okay.

[@pumitriii6160]

3:26 I somehow doubt that