WATCH: Protests erupt in Paris after government pushes through pension reform
Thousands gathered in an unplanned protest at Paris's Place de la Concorde, facing the National Assembly, and lit a bonfire.
Firefighters extinguish a fire after a demonstration near the National Assembly after the French National Assembly vote on the government’s proposed pension reform law, in Paris, France, 16 March 2023. People demonstrated outside the French Parliament after French Prime Minister Borne invoked the controversial Article 49 paragraph 3 (49.3) of the Constitution to pass the pension reform law that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030 after the Senate voted in favor. Picture: EPA-EFE/Mohammed Badra
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As night fell, police fired tear gas and charged the demonstrators in waves to clear the area.
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