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Protesters chant and demonstrate through central Paris against the French Government’s Pension Law ahead of the decision by the constitutional council on Friday.

Macron’s pension reforms approved by French constitutional council

The French President’s contentious project to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is now a reality, despite millions protesting it.

  • Rob Harris

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King Charles’ visit to France has been cancelled.

King Charles’ visit to France cancelled amid threats, protests

The King’s first state visit has been postponed as protests against pensions reform continue to rage across France.

  • Rob Harris
French President Emmanuel Macron.

Macron narrowly survives no confidence motions amid pension protests

A successful no-confidence vote would have almost certainly killed the legislation and brought down the government, probably forcing new elections.

  • Rob Harris
Protesters hold a banner with Emmanuel Macron’s face during a protest in Paris on Saturday.

Macron plays high-stakes game of political chicken over pension changes

Thousands have marched in France at the weekend angered by a rise in the pension age, as the president’s government faces two votes of confidence on Monday.

  • Rob Harris
French President Emmanuel Macron.

‘Reform is needed’: Macron bypasses parliament to raise retirement age sparking anger

The French president, facing defeat on a policy he has invested much of his shrinking authority on, took a last-minute decision to avoid a knife-edge vote.

  • Rob Harris
A peaceful protest over a shooting attack near a Kurdish cultural centre in central Paris turned violent on Saturday.

Paris protests over Kurdish deaths turn violent

Cars were overturned, at least one vehicle was burnt, shop windows were damaged and fires set alight near Republic Square.

  • Manuel Ausloos and Antony Paone
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Demonstrators walk with a banner next to garbage and materials that was put on fire during a May Day protest.

Violence erupts in May Day protests in Paris, marchers criticise re-elected Macron

Police fired tear gas to push back black-clad anarchists who ransacked business premises in the French capital on Sunday.

  • Dominique Vidalon and Noemie Olive
A signpost is erected outside a tent during a protest at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Wednesday.

Rhetoric and violence escalates at New Zealand’s vaccine mandate protests

Police are reluctant to bring up old memories with heavy-handed tactics, but allowing the encampment protest to bubble has given rise to talk of holding the line “until the end” and even “bloodshed”.

  • Pete McKenzie
Querdenken anti-coronavirus measures protests in Berlin.

Anti-vax Querdenker protesters clash with police in Berlin, hundreds arrested

The movement unites a disparate mix on both the right and the left, including anti-vax, coronavirus deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing extremists. 

  • Emily Schultheis
Raw emotions: Police officers demonstrate outside French Parliament.

‘You must help us’: French police hold emotional rally at Parliament

“Every morning when I awake, every night when I sleep, I think of you,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told the crowd of police.

  • ELAINE GANLEY

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