French police injured during clash with protesters

A protester holds a placard which reads “no to the 49.3” during a demonstration on the day the National Assembly debates and votes on two motions of no-confidence against the French government, tabled by centrist group Liot and far-right Rassemblement National party, for its use of article 49.3, a special clause in the French Constitution, to push the pensions reform bill through the National Assembly without a vote by lawmakers, in Paris, France.

Three police officers have been seriously injured during clashes with protesters at ExxonMobil’s Fos-sur-Mer oil refinery near the port city of Marseille, said the Marseille police department on Tuesday.

This happened as the government took steps to order workers to resume operations at the refinery. The protests there marked the latest example of growing social unrest against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to increase the retirement age.

BFM TV had earlier broadcast images of the refinery site enveloped in tear gas, while some demonstrators intermittently threw objects at police lines.

Source: eNCA

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