Trash containers in entrance of the police station in Sainte-Anne Square have been set ablaze on Friday. The fireplace was extinguished with a police water cannon, and no accidents have been reported.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin condemned the assault on the police station, calling it “unacceptable” and stating that “perpetrators will be prosecuted.” Meanwhile, the French Constitutional Council authorised the important thing article of the pension reform invoice on Friday. The invoice proposes to extend the retirement age in France regularly, from 62 to 64 years by 2030. French President Emmanuel Macron is predicted to signal the invoice inside 48 hours.

Local media reported that greater than 100 individuals have been arrested in Paris throughout the Friday demonstration towards the pension reform, whereas a complete of 4,000 individuals protested within the streets of the French capital, setting trash containers on fireplace. Police additionally used tear gasoline towards demonstrators in Lyon, the place about 200-300 individuals had gathered in entrance of the town prefecture on Friday night.

French unions have urged Macron to not signal the pension reform invoice and have known as on the nation’s inhabitants to go on a normal nationwide strike towards the reform on May 1. The General Confederation of Labour (CGT) made the announcement on Friday.

On March 16, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne adopted a regulation on elevating the retirement age to 64 by invoking Article 49.3 of the structure, which allowed the invoice to cross with out parliamentary approval. The resolution sparked a robust backlash, prompting individuals to take to the streets throughout the nation.