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In early March, trains around the country continued to be affected by strikes and protests. It is believed that 1.1 to 1.4 million people participated in over 260 protests across the country. As a part of the protest, union members blocked fuel deliveries from being made, with the intention of bringing the French economy to its knees. [67]
France's Interior Ministry said in an update on Saturday that 1,311 people were arrested around the country during a fourth night of riots triggered by the deadly shooting of a 17-year-old by police.
4 March – Twenty-one people are injured in a bus crash in Corps, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. [11]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.
A series of riots in France began on 27 June 2023 following the fatal shooting of Nahel Merzouk in an encounter with two police officers in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris. Residents started a protest outside the police headquarters on the 27 June, which later escalated into rioting as demonstrators set cars alight, destroyed bus stops, and shot ...
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a government emergency meeting on 2 July 2023 after riots erupted for the fifth night in a row across the country following the death of Nahel, a 17-year ...
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday reshuffled his ministers for key domestic portfolios such as education, housing and urban affairs, as his government begins its ...
Overnight arrests slow down in sixth night of violence. 08:50, Maryam Zakir-Hussain. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow overnight after six nights.
[1] [2] The reshuffle was seen as an opportunity for Macron to "reset" his presidency, after the contentious passage of a pension system reform and the 2023 French riots, and reassert his authority, significantly diminished following the result of the legislative election the previous year. Despite expectations that the reshuffle was to be ...