60 year old Alain Robert, famously known as 'the French Spiderman' or 'the Human Spider', climbed skyscraper to show his support towards the people in France, protesting against pension reforms. He climbed a 38-story skyscraper without a harness.

'French Spiderman' Alain Robert climbs skyscraper to protest

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.

Pension protest: Shadow of Paris follows Emmanuel Macron in the Netherlands

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Gravitas Global Headlines | France: Another day of protests against pension reform

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

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.

France pension protests: Bordeaux town hall set on fire, scores of protestors arrested | Details

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

'We'll meet in the streets': Macron's government narrowly survives no-confidence vote over pension reform

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

Fuel deliveries were blocked from all French refineries, according to union officials, as protesters again took to the streets over government plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 64.

France: Protests against pension reform; chaos prevails in Paris for second day

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday won approval from the upper house Senate for his controversial pensions reform, including raising the country's retirement age by two years to 64.

Emmanuel Macron wins pension reform backing from French upper house

In pics | French police fire tear gas at Paris pension reform protests; unions to keep up the momentum

Trade unions launched a third wave of nationwide strikes on Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to make the French work longer before retirement.

France: Third wave of nationwide strikes against Macron's pension reform

Third round of nationwide strikes underway against Macron's 'unpopular' pension reform plan

French government refuses to back down on pension reform

France's eight main trade unions called for a day of strikes on January 19 against pension reform announced by President Emmanuel Macron's government on Tuesday.

French unions call for strike against pension reform on Jan 19

Thousands of demonstrators, most of them unionists, filled Paris' streets on Wednesday (January 29) in protest of the French government's planned pensions overhaul, claiming the movement has fallen to President Emmanuel Macron's deaf ears.

Thousands march in Paris against pension reform as support for movement stays strong

Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through eastern Paris on Saturday against the French government's overhaul of the pension system, which aims to replace France's myriad of sector-specific pension schemes with a single points-based scheme. #WION #France #EmmanuelMacron

France: March against pension reform, Macron govt temporarily withdraws pivotal age limit

Police on Saturday fired tear gas at demonstrators in Paris's busy Gare du Nord station, used by tourists taking the Eurostar service, and at the Gare de l'Est, during demonstrations against plans to reform France's pension system. #France #Paris #EmmanuelMacron #WION

France: Mass demonstration break out at Paris protest against pension reform

French government huddles as labour leaders vow to harden strike

French police on Thursday (December 5) deployed tear gas and used pepper spray on protesters and black blocs as a pensions reform protest in Paris turned rowdy.

Fires, tear gas and clashes in Paris protests against pension reforms

France braces for shutdown as Macron clashes with unions

Paris faces traffic chaos as metro workers strike over Macron's pension reform

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