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Pension reform: From Paris to Rennes, several thousand demonstrators and "urban violence" Thursday night

Urban chaos. Urban chaos. In "anger" or "revolted": several thousand demonstrators gathered in several cities of France to protest, a few hours after the announcement by the government of the use of article 49.3 to reform pensions, demonstrations sometimes marked by tensions and degradation.

In the afternoon, demonstrators gathered at the call of the union Solidaires Place de la Concorde in Paris, not far from the National Assembly where Elisabeth Borne triggered article 49.3. Violent demonstrations also broke out Thursday night in Rennes, Nantes and Marseille, hours after the government announced the use of article 49.3 to reform pensions. "Multiple signs were degraded in the city center and 26 fires were extinguished by the SDIS," said in the evening the prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine, specifying that "a group of 300 ultras, determined" continued "its abuses" in Rennes.

Pension reform: Elisabeth Borne "very shocked" by the boos in the Assembly during the 49.3

Elisabeth Borne said Thursday evening she was "very shocked" by the boos of the oppositions in the hemicycle of the National Assembly, at the time when she engaged the responsibility of her government on the pension reform by the 49.3. "I wasn't angry. I was very shocked, "said on TF1 the Prime Minister, denouncing the "chaos". She also judged, on the motions of censure in preparation, that they will be "the subject of a vote" and that "this vote will ultimately be those who are for or those who are against the reform". Elisabeth Borne assured that 4 out of 10 French people would not have to work until 64 years old. Garbage collectors, in particular, will have a staggered starting age, but at 59 and not 64. "I don't want those with difficult jobs to work until age 64."

Poland to supply Kiev with MiG-29 fighters, a first for NATO

This will be the first such delivery by a NATO member. Poland will deliver a first batch of four MiG-29 fighter-bombers to Ukraine, Polish President Andrzej Duda announced Thursday.

"In the coming days, we will first transfer (...) four fully operational aircraft in Ukraine," Andrzej Duda told reporters. Kiev has repeatedly asked its Western allies to send it modern fighter-bombers, hoping to get American F-16s. The Polish decision "does not change anything" to the American refusal to do the same, assured shortly after John Kirby, a spokesman for the White House.

  • Pension reform 2023
  • Society
  • Retirement
  • Elisabeth Borne
  • War in Ukraine
  • Poland