WATCH: French police use tear gas as thousands of demonstrators take to the streets to protest against pension reforms.
plan to join unions at the protests in Paris and cities around the country to continue to amplify their call for greater economic justice. France’s Interior Minister Christophe Castaner warned Wednesday that vandals or so-called “casseurs” could infiltrate the protests and cause damage as they did in numerous yellow vest protests last year.
Video circulated on social media of what appeared to be tear gas deployed at a crossroads in Lyon and makeshift barricades made of dumpsters set alight by protesters. But for the most part, the protests appeared to start off peacefully with video also circulating of other protesters in Lyon dancing to the music of a brass band. NBC News could not immediately verify the videos.
But unions argue it will require people to work longer, reduce pensions and undermine France’s social safety net. A protester holding an umbrella walks amongst smoke as French Labor unions members demonstrate against French government's pensions reform plans in Marseille on Friday.Unions have said it is an indefinite movement and hope to keep up the momentum in order to force the government to make concessions.
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