Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
French railway workers invaded US financial company BlackRock in Paris on Thursday over Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms. Violent protests escalated over pension plans that have cornered and weakened French President Emmanuel Macron.
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PARIS — Blackrock HQ stormed by protestors. pic.twitter.com/lxxWWcMrAz
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PARIS – Workers have now invaded BLACKROCK headquarters in Paris.
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About 100 people, including representatives of several labor unions, were on the ground floor of the building for about 10 minutes, chanting anti-reform slogans. BlackRock’s office is located on the third floor.
“The meaning of this action is quite simple. We went to the headquarters of BlackRock to tell them: the money of workers, for our pensions, they are taking it,” Jerome Schmitt, spokesman for French union SUD, told BFM-TV. BlackRock declined to comment.
Nationwide protests against the French government’s plan to raise the retirement age for most workers from 62 to 64 have now entered their 11th day. The government triggered special constitutional powers last month to push the controversial legislation through parliament without a vote.
At least 80 people were arrested and 123 police officers injured during protests on March 23, which saw demonstrators setting fires, launching smoke bombs and damaging property.
