French protesters against pension reform stormed the Olympic Games headquarters in Paris on Tuesday following a protest by labor unions against raising the retirement age.
Local television broadcast images of demonstrators occupying the building in northern Paris as marches began in the capital and across France. "There was no violence and no damage," a Games spokesman told Reuters.
Some protesters waved signs, lit flares and shouted that they would disrupt next summer's Olympics if Macron did not back down. The signs read: "No retirement, no Olympics."
🔴 Le siège des JO 2024 à #Paris est envahis par la CGT pour protester contre la réforme des retraites. #manif6juin
« Pas de retrait, pas de JO » pic.twitter.com/mm7L7hBJpP
— Clément Lanot (@ClementLanot) June 6, 2023
It should be noted that this is not the first time that the protest over pension conditions has damaged an Olympic facility, after two months ago, thousands demonstrated in front of the Olympic Village, and about 100 of them were arrested.
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The chaos began when Macron announced that the legal retirement age by two years was needed to be raised to 64 to plug the widening pension deficit. However, trade unions argue that the money can be obtained elsewhere, such as by taxing the rich.
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