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Seventy people reportedly detained in Paris during protests against pension reform

21 March 2023 08:59 (UTC +04:00)

Seventy people were detained in Paris on Monday evening during protests following the adoption of a pension reform by France's National Assembly (lower house of parliament), local TV said, citing a police source, APA reports.

Protesters and police clashed in Paris on Monday evening after two votes of no confidence in the government over pension reform.

On March 16, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that the government had adopted the law on raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years by invoking Article 49.3 of the constitution, which allowed the bill to get passed without parliamentary approval.