union activists throw trash cans against Renaissance party headquarters in Paris

Union activists threw garbage cans at the headquarters of the presidential Renaissance party in Paris on Tuesday, March 14, to demonstrate their opposition to the pension reform, an action which led to the intervention of the police. Between 250 and 300 demonstrators went to the Renaissance headquarters, Simon Duteil, co-delegate general of Solidaires, told AFP.

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Their goal was to “remember that people are on strike, that people are responsible for this situation” and to exercise a “pressure” on the elected two days before the vote, he added. Garbage cans were thrown in front of the building. A source from the Renaissance party greeted AFP “the professionalism and responsiveness of the staff of the police headquarters” who intervened, denouncing “bullying that has no place in a democracy”.

On BFMTV, Philippe Martinez estimated Tuesday evening that it was a “symbolic militant action of a strike and employees who are overwhelmed”. These throwing of trash intervened on the eve of the eighth day of mobilization against the pension reform, while a joint joint committee (CMP) takes place at the same time to try to reach a compromise on the text.