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Jul 6, 2015 · Taxi drivers everywhere are unhappy about Uber for encroaching on their business, but the cabbies in France handled that in a particularly French way: by staging mass protests, in which they...
May 13, 2008 · (DeFraia 2012) (“Students protest France’s new labor law” 2006) (“In pictures: French protests” 2006) Pension Reform (2010): In 2010, President Nicolas Sarkozy attempted to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 and raise the age of eligibility for a full pension from 65 to 67 to save the government money.
2012: Notre Dame-des Landes Communities from nearby towns prevent an airport from being built on Notre Dame-des Landes forest and agricultural fields. 2013: 2013 Trappes riots , riots that broke out after police arrested a man who assaulted a police officer who tried to check the identity of his wife wearing a Muslim veil
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Oct 20, 2010 · News blog. France. French strikes and protests: as it happened. After more than 1 million people took to the streets yesterday to protest at Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reforms, rolling strikes...
The sudden concessions seemed to confirm the popular image of France as a country that has never quite left behind its radical 1789 revolution, a place where strikes and protests are...
Apr 6, 2023 · France, a global power that is no stranger to public uprisings, is facing an unstable political situation amid massive – and at times violent – protests over President Emmanuel Macron’s decision...
Dec 4, 2018 · Kamil Zihnioglu/Associated Press. By Liz Alderman. Dec. 4, 2018. PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron of France is facing the toughest crisis of his leadership after three weeks of violent protests...