At least 11 police officers suffered during clashes with demonstrators in Paris for protest against pension reform.
According to local media reports, 47 demonstrators involved in the riots were detained.
The French conducted protests against the pension reform of the government in several cities, including Paris, Nanta, Renna and Toulouse.
The twelfth nationwide day of strikes and manifestations takes place on Thursday throughout France. Mass demonstrations are held in large cities of the country, as well as in the capital. Protesters express discontent with a pension reform carried out by the government, which implies an increase in the age of retirement from 62 to 64 years and refusal to a number of special pension regimes, and require its cancellation.
The Bank of France (Central Bank), located on the Bastille Square in Paris, was attacked by aggressively tuned participants in the protest march.
A group of people broke tubs with plants near the entrance to the building, and also threw stones and bottles with paint in windows protected by iron shutters and bars. The demonstrators could not penetrate the country’s Central Bank building. On the marble tablet at the entrance, they left the inscription “Put the rich taxes!”.
On March 16, France Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourn announced the adoption of the bill on amendments to the pension system bypassing the parliament and under the responsibility of the government.
The Union of Workers (CGT) announced that more than 1.5 million people took part in the demonstrations that took about 280 points throughout the country.