Second night of protests in Paris for the retirement age

after that by second night thousands of people have congregated in the Parisian Place de la Concorde in protest against the increase in retirement age from 62 to 64 years approved by the Government of Emmanuel Macron, the Paris Police have arrested 61 people for their participation in the riots in the streets of the French capital.

Police officers have carried out the arrests after fire and harm public furniture and after confronting the security forces, as detailed in a report by the Paris Police headquarters and has collected the BFTM chain.

Thousands of people have gathered for second night in a row in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, a few steps from the French Parliament, to denounce the “forced passage” of the Executive when making use of article 49.3 of the Constitution for the pension reform, which had not obtained the support of the National Assembly for it to go ahead.

The police have had to face directly with the elements further radicals of the protests with the help of tear gas. Shortly after 10:00 p.m., the policemen made the last arrests and pushed the last demonstrators towards the subway to evacuate the place.

Las protests se and one day later about what the french government decided use article 49.3 from Constitutionwhich avoids submitting the pension reform to a vote in the Gala National Assembly, after verifying that it lacked a sufficient majority to carry out one of the star projects of the president, Emmanuel Macron.

The French prime minister defended during an interview with the TF1 chain on Thursday the application of article 49.3 of the Constitution, assuring that they have worked up “until the last minute” to obtain a majority on the pension reform.

He also acknowledged that he understands “the great effort” what the French will have to do to work “for two more years”, although he has expressed that “letting people believe that we can pay everything with debt is not serious”.