Protests erupt in France over Macron’s retirement age push

Students walk past a graffiti that reads, “strike, blocking, sabotage” at the closed Nanterre university, outside Paris (Michel Euler/AP/PA)

There have been protests in Paris against French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force a Bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote.

They have disrupted traffic, rubbish collection and university campuses as opponents of the change maintain their resolve to get the government to back down.