May 1st protests across France against the Pension reform

May 1st: Relive this Day of Protest in Pictures

Between 782,000 and 3.2 million people marched in the streets against the pension reform. In Nantes, Rennes, Paris or Toulouse, violence broke out. Many demonstrators wandered the streets on Monday, May 1st with, in the background, the fight against pension reform. The violence still punctuated the processions. The violence has mounted over the demonstrations against the […]

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Police have banned Pension Reform protests from parts of Paris

Pension Reform: Gatherings at Place de la Concorde in Paris Banned by the Police

PROTESTS: More than 300 people were arrested on Thursday and Friday following clashes at Place de la Concorde, where people had gathered to demonstrate against the pension reform Gatherings in Place de la Concorde, as well as on the Champs-Elysées, were banned on Saturday by the Paris police headquarters. The day before and the day before, in Paris, […]

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Donald Trump called on his supporters to "go home" after several hundred of them invaded the seat of Congress.

United States: Violence on Capitol Hill, Trump Calls on Supporters to “Go Home”, Biden Denounces “Insurgency”

PROTESTS: Hundreds of demonstrators favourable to President Donald Trump invaded the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday in an insurrectionary climate, interrupting the session of Congress which was to confirm the victory of Joe Biden In a serious speech on Wednesday, the next Democratic President Joe Biden denounced an “unprecedented” attack on American democracy. He called on Donald Trump to […]

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Firefighters intervene place of Italy, starting point of a demonstration of "yellow vests", on November 16, 2019 in Paris.

Yellow Vests: The First Anniversary Marked by an Outbreak of Violence in Paris

The yellow vests found Saturday 16th November 2019, one year after the launch of this unprecedented social movement. An anniversary marked by clashes in the capital. Outbreaks of violence in Paris and a return to the roundabouts of France: the first anniversary of yellow vests , which aimed to give a second wind to their social protest movement , was marked […]

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May 1st: 330 arrests, intrusion into a hospital in Paris

May 1st: 330 Arrests, Intrusion into a Hospital in Paris

The demonstration of May 1st was peppered with violence in Paris, where clashes erupted between law enforcement and radical militants. Between 164,000 and 310,000 people, union activists and yellow jackets, demonstrated Wednesday, May 1, 2019 throughout France. In Paris, clashes erupted and protesters briefly burst into a hospital. Read also: May 1st: 164,500 demonstrators in France, hundreds of arrests In the capital, the […]

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Protesters in black and hooded watered by water cannons during clashes with the police on May 1st, 2019 in Paris.

May 1st: 164,500 Demonstrators in France, Hundreds of Arrests

This Wednesday, May 1st, 2019, thousands of people walked in the streets of France. If the atmosphere was good in the region, the situation was much more tense in Paris. Thousands of people, trade union activists or Yellow Vests, demonstrated throughout France Wednesday, May 1st, in a generally good-natured atmosphere in the region but more tense in […]

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May 1st protests, tense situation in Paris

May 1st: Tense Situation in Paris between Black blocs and Police

While thousands of people demonstrate throughout France on the occasion of Labour Day, May 1st,  scenes of violence were observed in the capital. Thousands of people demonstrate throughout France Wednesday, May 1st, 2019. In Paris , the atmosphere is very tense and clashes between “black blocs” and police took place in Paris. A situation that contrasts with the good-natured atmosphere in the […]

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Demonstrations are expected all over the country for May 1st

May 1st Under Pressure: Radicals Promise a “Day of Apocalypse”

This Wednesday, May 1st, on the occasion of Labour Day and union parades, the government fears violence from “black blocs” and yellow Vests radicals. Of trade union demonstrations and yellow jackets are scheduled all over France for this Labor Day . It is once again likely to be spoiled by radicals promising an “Apocalypse Day”, which the executive hopes to avoid with a serious […]

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Interior Minister Christophe Castaner and Paris police chief Didier Lallement, at a press conference on April 30, 2019 in Paris.

May 1st Demonstrations: Firmness Announced in the Face of Risks of Overflows

Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced the deployment of more than 7,400 police and gendarmes in Paris to fight against some “radical activists”. More than 7,400 police and gendarmes mobilized in the capital, prohibited sectors: the government wants to provide an “extremely firm” response to the 1000 to 2000 “radical activists” expected in Paris on the sidelines of the trade union […]

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