Protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force a bill raising the retirement age through parliament without a vote disrupted traffic, garbage collection and university campuses in Paris.
A destroyed car placed by dock workers blocks the Marseille port entrance in Marseille, southern France, Friday, March 17, 2023. Protesters disrupted traffic in Paris on Friday as angry critics, political opponents and labor unions around France blasted President Emmanuel Macron's decision to force a bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote.
A destroyed car placed by dock workers blocks the Marseille port entrance in Marseille, southern France, Friday, March 17, 2023. Protesters disrupted traffic in Paris on Friday as angry critics, political opponents and labor unions around France blasted President Emmanuel Macron's decision to force a bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote.
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