Macron booed by opponents of the pension reform

Visiting the village of Savines-le-Lac, French President Emmanuel Macron was booed by anti-reform protesters gathered in the village while making a statement to the press.

Noting that French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will meet the unions on Wednesday, Macron said: “The dialogue continues. There are social objections to this reform, but that does not mean that everything has to stop. We keep working,” he said.
On the demonstrations against the pension reform in the country, Macron said: “There have been scenes of unacceptable violence in recent weeks, I strongly condemn it.”

Macron expressed his support for French politicians, such as mayors and deputies, who have been attacked for their attitudes towards reform.

Commenting on the protest organized by environmentalists against the artificial water basins project on March 25 in the country’s Saint-Soline town, in which many people were injured by harsh police intervention, Macron said: “Thousands of people They came just to fight. This is unacceptable,” he said. Macron urged those elected to be responsible.

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According to the French press, the Hautes-Alpes Governorate prohibited demonstrations in the town of Savines-le-Lac between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. On the other hand, two of the protesters gathered in the town against the pension reform were arrested before Macron’s visit began.

Thousands of environmentalists held a demonstration in the town of Saint-Soline, in the country’s Deux-Sevres province, on March 25 to protest the construction of 16 artificial watersheds in the region. Official sources specified that 28 gendarmes and 7 demonstrators were injured in clashes between the parties in the demonstrations where the police and gendarmerie intervened harshly.

The organizers, for their part, specified that nearly 200 demonstrators were injured. The 2 injured protesters remain in a coma. (AA)