French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed his state visit to Germany due to growing unrest in the country, following instances of riots, loot and arson. Macron approached the German presidency and asked for a postponement of the 'planned visit'.

Macron postpones state visit to Germany as riots escalate across France

Paris is burning. For the third night running, pitched battles are being fought in the suburbs of Paris. But even as riots continue across france, the French President Emmanuel Macron has been missing in action. He was spotted, instead grooving to a selection of Elton John hits. Macron is now trying to reformulate a plan to contain the chaos as he will be holding a new crisis meeting today. For this he will have to cut short a trip to Brussels where he is attending a European Union Summit.

Protest rage on for third night in France as President Macron attends Elton John concert

French Prime Emmanuel Macron is set to address the nation for the first time since the signing of the controversial pension reform into a law. Just hours after the Constitutional Court backed the pension reforms, Macron signed the legislation saying, the law is a huge setback for the protesters.

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Emmanuel Macron's keynote speech was interrupted by protesters yesterday, overshadowing the first official visit to the Netherlands by a French president in 23 years. At the beginning of Macron's speech in The Hague, protesters yelled "Where is French democracy?" and unfurled banners. Macron has faced violent rallies and strikes at home over pensions reforms, as witnessed by AFP journalists. The two-day trip got off to a turbulent start for other reasons as well, with Macron coming under fire for his contentious statements that Europe cannot be a "follower" of either Washington or Beijing in regards to Taiwan.

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Police & protesters again clashed on the streets of Paris during a major demonstration. Security forces fired tear gas & charged at crowds with batons. Protesters lit fires in the streets, setting ablaze pallets & piles of uncollected rubbish, prompting firefighters to intervene.

France protests: Fight for right to retire continues

French police have used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators in Sainte-Soline as thousands of people had gathered in opposition to proposals for a new water reservoir. Once altercations started at the construction site, several police cars were set on fire.

French police clash with water reservoir protesters

During a protest against irrigation reservoirs in the rural community of Sainte-Soline, thousands of environmental activists in Western France got into a physical altercation with police. The local public prosecutor's office recently reported that 28 police officers were hurt, two of them badly injured, while seven injured protesters received medical attention from emergency personnel, three of them were regarded as life-threatening crises and hospitalised.

French reservoir protest: Violent clashes between police and protesters

France Pension Reforms Protests: Hundreds of thousands of people were set to strike and demonstrate in France on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron vowed to push on with a deeply unpopular pension reform despite escalating anger across the country.

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President Emmanuel Macron in an interview said on Wednesday that a controversial pension reform bill should be implemented before the end of the year. Macron’s government is likely to survive although the anger against the reforms shows no sign of ending.

Macron stands firm on pension reform bill as protests escalate

The British monarch and Queen Consort will be in the republic during a period of intense social turmoil caused by President Emmanuel Macron. Earlier, the French leader raised the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a parliamentary vote, which sparked outrage across the country.In response, protesters will reportedly target the banquet at Versailles and also a trip to the South West city of Bordeaux from Sunday to Wednesday

Protests and strikes continues across France over pensions reform

Protests continue throughout France as thousands of people marched through the country amidst anger against the government for passing the pension reform bill without a Parliamentary vote. In capital, Paris, police clashed with the demonstrators for the third night in a row.

France protest: Police fire tear gas on protestors

President Emmanuel Macron will face votes of no-confidence on Monday, after his decision to force through unpopular pension reforms sparked protests across the country and criticism from lawmakers. Macron’s government is likely to survive although the anger against the reforms shows no sign of ending.

French President Macron faces vote of no confidence amid protest over reform plan