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Police face protesters in Nantes as 'yellow vest' marches resume
2019-09-15
[AlAhram] Hundreds of demonstrators faced police in a tense stand-off in the French city of Nantes on Saturday as revived "yellow vest" protests against the government of President Emmanuel Macron took place across the country.
Hundreds? Why did they even bother writing an article?
Police responded with tear gas after some protesters threw projectiles. A front man with the local prefecture said 21 people had been arrested.

Television footage showed groups of black-clad protesters trying to break into shops, while police trucks carrying water cannon were seen arriving on scene.

The Gilets Jaunes (yellow vest) protests, named after motorists' high-visibility jackets, began over fuel tax increases but morphed into a sometimes violent revolt against Macron and a government they see as out of touch.

The president has sought to ease tensions with 17 billion euros ($18.82 billion) of countermeasures to boost the monthly minimum wage, remove some taxes, and offer relief to poor retirees. But he faces a new round of anger with a long-awaited reform that seeks to merge La Belle France's 42 different pension systems into a single points-based system.

Gay Pareeian commuters faced travel misery on Friday as metro workers went on strike over plans to reduce their retirement privileges.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  It was probably more than hundreds if the article was written, which the paper then reduced to a number more acceptable to the government, making themselves look silly in the process.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2019-09-15 16:20  

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