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Added on the 29/02/2020 22:48:29 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Following a blocked bid to renew debates on the the 64-year-old retirement age, French leftist coalition Nupes announces the tabling of a no confidence vote against the government. IMAGES
Hundreds of people protest in north-east Paris, between the Place Stalingrad to the Goutte d'Or, after a call from the CGT union's branch in the 18e arrondissement, to continue pushing back against the government's controversial pension reform. IMAGES
Firefighters extinguish a garbage fire in front of the Musée Grévin in Paris as clashes broke out in the capital after the rejection of two no-confidence motions in parliament. The rejections of the motions means that the reform to raise the pensions age from 62 to 64 has now been adopted by the legislature. IMAGES
Opponents of the pension reform gather in Place Vauban in Paris, amidst a heavy police presence, after the government pushed a pension reform through parliament without a vote, using Article 49.3 of the Constitution. The reform bill raises the retirement age from 62 to 64. IMAGES
A large police force is deployed in Paris on the Champs-Elysées, Place de la Concorde and in front of the National Assembly, where gatherings are forbidden by the police after two evenings of demonstrations over the pension reform. IMAGES