Protesters slamming labour reform bill clash with police in Paris

Record ID: 103852

  • Title: Protesters slamming labour reform bill clash with police in Paris
  • Date: 12th May 2016
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MAY 12, 2016) (REUTERS) RIOT POLICE WITH SHIELDS CREATING BARRIER IN FRONT OF PROTESTERS PROTESTERS MARCHING THROUGH STREETS, SOME WAVING FLAGS AND BANNERS / RIOT POLICE MARCHING IN FRONT HELICOPTER FLYING ABOVE DEMONSTRATION VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS RUNNING THROUGH STREET SHOUTING AND HURLING WHEELIE BINS / SHOTS HEARD IN BACKGROUND SHOTS HEARD AS RIOT POLICE STAND WITH SHIELDS
  • Embargoed: 27th May 2016 16:22
  • Keywords: Myriam El Khomri reforms Socialist Party National Assembly labour protest
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Lawmaking,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014HI7L1J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:French President Francois Hollande on Thursday (May 12) faced a growing revolt in the streets and a wave of transport strikes over his decision to force through labour reforms, while his government braced for a vote of confidence called by the opposition.
    A day after rebel French Socialist lawmakers failed to gather enough support from among the party and left-wing allies to table their own no-confidence motion, street protests in cities across France underlined widespread opposition to the reforms.
    Between 11,500 to 12,500 people joined the demonstrations in Paris, police said.
    Clashes erupted between riot police and some youth, who were throwing projectiles and damaging public property. Two people were arrested, police said.
    There were fears Thursday's protests could turn ugly after violent clashes between police and hooded youths on the fringes of earlier demonstrations, in which hundreds of police were injured by petrol bombs and other missiles.
    However, the unions opposed to the labour reform bill did not succeed in mobilising numbers as large as those last March 31, when 390,000 to 1.2 million people demonstrated across France.
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