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A series of protests began in France on 19 January 2023 with a demonstration of over one million people nationwide, organised by opponents of the pension reform bill proposed by the Borne government to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64.
On this basis, in October 2020, a Parisian civil court awarded €58,500 to 11 plaintiffs who sued the French state for police violence, unjustified identity checks and improper arrests. [39] On 9 June 2023, the state was condemned for wrongfully jailing seven young men in the case of the burned police officers in Viry-Châtillon mentioned above.
7 March – 2023 French pension reform strikes Trains around the country continued to be affected by strikes and protests, with 1.1 to 1.4 million people believed to have participated in over 260 protests across the country. [12] 20 March – March 2023 votes of no confidence in the government of Élisabeth Borne motions were voted down. The ...
Monday 3 July 2023 21:30, Martha Mchardy. Protests across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old last Tuesday have been described as like a “mini civil war” by a British ...
Angry protesters took to the streets in Paris and other cities for a second day on Friday, trying to pressure lawmakers to bring down French President Emmanuel Macron's government and doom the ...
February 8, 2023 at 10:15 AM. 1 / 5. Farmers drive tractors through Paris in protest at pesticide bans. French farmers protest in Paris over pesticide restrictions. By Sybille de La Hamaide.
On 27 June 2023, Nahel Merzouk (25 February 2006 – 27 June 2023), [1] a 17-year-old French youth of Moroccan and Algerian descent, [2] was shot at point-blank range and killed by police officer Florian M., when he didn't comply with a request to turn off ignition and attempted to drive away in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, France.
April 6, 2023 at 8:06 AM. Watch live as protests against reforms to pensions take place in Paris on Thursday, 6 April.