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Paris police fire teargas at protesters amid pensions unrest

Guardian, 29 Mar 2023
Protesters and police clashed on the edges of street demonstrations in France on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of people took part in marches against Emmanuel Macron’s use of constitutional executive powers to push through an unpopular rise in the pension age to 64. In Paris, police fired teargas and launched a charge after some people at the head of the protest, dressed in black with their faces covered, raided and looted a supermarket and then started a fire as they approached Place de la Nation in the east of the city. At least 22 people were arrested in the capital by the afternoon, Paris police said
French protesters and police clash in marches against pension changes
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