27 minutes agoArrests and injuries in protests challenging French president
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(8 years ago)French authorities have said 63 people have been arrested and nine police officers have been injured in the protests that have been held in two cities in France, following increasing dissatisfaction with legal changes by President Emmanuel Macron's labists, broadcast the AP. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb has condemned violence and damage to shops and buildings [...]
French authorities have said 63 people have been arrested and nine police officers have been injured in the protests that have been held in two cities in France, following increasing dissatisfaction with legal changes by President Emmanuel Macron's labists, broadcast the AP.
Interior Minister Gerard Collombe has condemned violence and damage to shops and public buildings in Saturday's protests.
He has called for calm in the upcoming protest, which is scheduled to be held at the end of France.
Train workers are marching and holding a strike after the reform announcement.
Macro will give a televised speech Sunday evening to explain his reforms in the French economy.
He has said he will make the state more competitive in a global way, while workers fear for lost jobs.
