Posted on 12/18/2019 4:00:44 AM PST by C19fan
French cops launched tear gas cannisters and charged protesters as tens of thousands of workers took to Paris streets to rally against the government's plan to raise the retirement age to 64. Clashes broke out near the Nation square in eastern Paris during a demonstration, organised by trade unions, to demand that President Emmanuel Macron abandon his reforms. Witnesses said police charged a group of protesters who ignored an ultimatum to disperse and were throwing Molotov cocktails.
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I thought the Muslim invaders were supposed to make life comfortable for French pensioners.
Note to the UK: Brexit faster.
RAISE it to 64??
I was at the protest, cops dressed like hockey players and take no crap - a few FREXIT signs.
Where do protesters think the money is coming from?!
It’s the EU. They all think someone else owes them a living.
Even scarier: France has called what it’s been doing austerity.
SNORT.
The money comes from the protesters, they were promised retirement at 55 and they have moved it up to 62 and want to move it to 65 but doing it now rather than moving it up gradually on the generations coming up.
What are your plans this weekend fellow Parisienne?
I am going rioting..........
The U.S. media does not seem interested in this.
The U.S. media does not seem interested in this.
Politicians like Macron and Paul Ryan are birds of a feather. As they import illegal, non-working human sludge, they preach austerity to the working class. I hope the French union workers find a small, dark cage in which to insert Macron & his pals.
France is screwed.
They all deserve each other. Everyone is out for themselves, to Hell with their country.
Talk about a society that has been completely subjugated and stripped of its masculinity. These Europeans devote more effort to protect their pensions than they do to protect their countries. How pathetic.
Germany, by comparison, was very industrious in salvaging building material, reparable furniture, etc.
It's got something to do with the national mindset of the respective countries.
Apparently, many government and union workers can retire in their 50s.
Also, they use a complex retirement point system that many workers think is unfair.
Also - the article refers to Macron as a “pro-business centrist.”
LOL!
Why taxes on pensioners in Germany have risen up to 500 percent since 2010
Well, we didn’t riot when SS full retirement was raised. People are simply living longer. If the French use up the money there won’t be any for anyone else. That doesn’t seem very “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”.
OTOH, maybe their money, like ours, was mooched and or stolen.
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