The gates of the town hall were engulfed in flames Bordeaux on the day of mass mobilizations in France against Macron’s pension reform.
According to the BBC, the fire broke out at the main entrance to the city hall, while it has not yet been specified who is to blame. The same information states that firefighters quickly brought the fire under control.
The doors of Bordeaux City Hall were set on fire as French police clashed with demonstrators amid nationwide pension protests. https://t.co/f2bCYlNQIC pic.twitter.com/m9aEJHx0nd
— ABC News (@ABC) March 23, 2023
Firefighters actively put out the fire on the door of the town hall #Bordeaux #ReformedesRetraite pic.twitter.com/bY2lmDX1Ne
— Rue89 Bordeaux (@Rue89Bordeaux) March 23, 2023
Photographs published by Le Monde show the damage done to the entrance to the town hall.
The streets of France today – for the ninth time since January 19 – were filled with protesters reiterating their opposition to Macron’s reforms. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 1 million citizens took part in protests across the country, and about 120 thousand people took part in the streets of Paris. Far different from the government’s official statement were estimates from the CGT union, which said there were more than 3.5 million protesters across the country and 800,000 in the capital alone.
Source: Kathimerini
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