(6 Apr 2023)
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paris - 6 April 2023
1. Tracking shot of riot police advancing, protesters scattering as booing can be heard
ANNOTATION: Riot police had to deploy in Paris on Thursday in another round of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.
2. Riot police using tear gas to clear Place d'Italie, end of protests route
ANNOTATION: Police fired clouds of tear gas against unruly protesters as they were pelted by projectiles.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paris - 6 April 2023
3. Zoom in of “La Rotonde” restaurant with awning on fire,
ANNOTATION: Protesters even damaged the restaurant La Rotonde, patronized by Macron when he first won office in 2017.
4. Riot police charging protesters
ANNOTATION: Macron's drive to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 has ignited a months-long firestorm of public anger.
5. Various of smoke, fire
ANNOTATION: Talks between trade union leaders and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne quickly collapsed Wednesday, setting the stage for the fresh demonstrations.
6. Peaceful protesters
ANNOTATION: Despite the sporadic vandalism and violence, the protests were largely peaceful.
7. Various of fire
ANNOTATION: Trade unions vowed to keep up their resistance and called for another round of protests next Thursday.
STORYLINE:
Police have fired clouds of tear gas against unruly protesters in Paris and other French cities as hundreds of thousands of people vented anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s contested pension reforms.
Macron's drive to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64 has ignited a months-long firestorm of opposition.
Talks between trade union leaders and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne quickly collapsed Wednesday without a breakthrough, setting the stage for Thursday's fresh demonstrations.
They were largely peaceful but also punctured by sporadic vandalism and violence. Trade unions vowed to keep up their resistance and called for another round of protests next Thursday.
AP video shot by: Oleg Cetinic and Helena Alves
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