... des Halles shopping mall, waving banners calling for a general strike and shouting "Paris stand up, rise up", videos on social media showed.

Refinery strikes persisted in France on Saturday and more demonstrations were taking place throughout the country amid anger at the government pushing through a rise in the state pension age without a parliamentary vote.
Protests resume in France amid anger at Macron's pension age reform

Protests resume in France amid anger at Macron's pension age reform

Refinery strikes persisted in France on Saturday and more demonstrations were taking place throughout the country amid anger at the <a href="/world/europe/french-pension-reform-heads-final-vote-2023-03-16/">government pushing through</a> a rise in the state pension age without a parliamentary vote.

Reuters