After the turmoil that resulted protests against pension reform on the evening of March 17, the police prefecture of Paris banned mass gatherings on the Place de la Concorde in the city center, as well as on the Champs-Elysées, reports on Saturday, March 18, Le Monde newspaper.
It is indicated that the police threatened with fines to those who try to violate this restriction.
The situation with garbage on the streets of Paris
Meanwhile, according to the Paris City Hall, on March 18, on the fourteenth day of mass protests, the situation with the collection of garbage accumulated on the streets of the city as a result of the strike of cleaners, who also oppose pension reform, has stabilized. The day before, the mayor’s office estimated that 10,000 tons of waste would have to be removed from the sidewalks of the city, writes Le Monde.
The garbage collectors’ strike began on March 7. It was planned that it would last a week, but in the end, the unions decided to extend it until March 20. After the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, refused to sign an order for the forced return of part of the garbage collectors to work, this order was signed by the prefect of the metropolitan police, Laurent Nunez, recalls the publication.
Adoption of pension reform bypassing Parliament
On March 16, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, speaking at the opening of a meeting of the National Assembly, where it was planned to vote on the controversial pension reform, said that the government would take advantage of article 49.3 of the constitution, which allows pass this law bypassing Parliament.
After that, the opposition parties in France and a group of independent deputies in the National Assembly put forward a vote of no confidence in the government. It is expected to be considered in the National Assembly on March 20. If adopted, a vote of no confidence in the French government will allow the decision of the Born cabinet to overturn the pension reform.
Mass protests against pension reform in France
French disagreement with pension reform, providing, among other things, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years, resulted in mass protests throughout the country. On the night of March 18, many detentions. There were riots in Paris and Lyon.
Meanwhile, France’s Minister Delegate for Industry, Roland Lescure, told France Info radio on March 18 that violence cannot lead the government to abandon important reform.
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