More than 10,000 tons of garbage piled up on the streets of Paris on the day the garbage collectors struck against the pension reform. It has been reported Le Figaro Referring to the office of the mayor of the French capital.
“The symbolic touchstone of the 10,000 tonnes of rubbish strewn on Paris’ pavements was passed on Friday afternoon,” the report said.
Protesters during the dispersal of rallies in Paris earlier started burning cars and garbage on the streets. TASS explains that fights between protesters and law enforcement officials against the bill on raising the retirement age began at 9 PM Moscow time – the clashes lasted for an hour and a half before police began using water cannon and tear gas to disperse people. In response, protesters tried to set fire to cars left on the streets, piers and rubbish that weren’t removed due to public service strikes.