President Emmanuel Macron will look to "calm things down" with a televised interview amid growing anger across France over his plans to raise the retirement age.
Protesters chant "Macron, resign!" and "Macron is going to break down" as police fire tear gas and clash with demonstrators — reminiscent of the Yellow Vest protests which erupted in late 2018 over high fuel prices.
No-confidence motion would need backing from around half the contingent of the opposition right-wing Republicans, a scenario seen as highly improbable.
French President Macron invoked a controversial constitutional power to impose the pension overhaul by decree despite two months of coordinated nationwide strikes and some of the biggest protests in decades.
A broad alliance of unions has called for an eighth day of street protests across France since mid-January to contest Macron's plans to raise the retirement age by two years to 64.
Senators pass reforms by 195 votes to 112, bringing the package another step towards becoming law.
France braces for further mass protests against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64.
President Emmanuel Macron wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, which has proven unpopular with French workers.
France's largest union CGT suggests cutting gas and electricity in towns of elected representatives who support the reform proposal.
Inspired by Canadian truckers paralysing border traffic with the United States, the demonstrators include anti-Covid vaccination activists and people angry at fast-rising energy prices.
The record levels of inflation come at a time when the EU is experiencing unprecedented social tensions.
Dozens arrested at new Paris protest against security law which critics fear it could erode press freedom and make it more difficult to expose police brutality.
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