new tensions in the processions

At 10:30 p.m., Thursday, April 7, the most determined demonstrators still occupy the Place d’Italie (Paris) facing the police, in a final confrontation. The epilogue of a new day of mobilization enamelled with violence. Earlier in the afternoon, several dozen people invaded the Parisian premises of BlackRock, a financial giant.

Two downgraded banks

On the roof of the restaurant La Rotonde (Paris), an employee tries to extinguish the flames, triggered by a smoke bomb. The police secure the establishment. It is in this place that Emmanuel Macron celebrated his qualification for the second round of the presidential election in 2017. Further on, two banks are invaded and degraded. Several garbage fires are also lit on the course. An eleventh day of mobilization against the pension reform marked by new clashes between demonstrators and the police.