Police use teargas and water cannon against hooded protesters on the margins in some cities
and Nantes were peaceful, with the majority of demonstrators chanting and calling for the pension changes to be scrapped, on the margins in some cities, men in masks or hoods clashed with police.
In Bordeaux some hooded people lit fires and projectiles were thrown. In Toulouse, police used water cannon. Strikes affected transport, the energy sector, schools and civil aviation on Tuesday. About 15% of service stations in France are short of petrol because of refinery strikes. Protesters in Nantes, western France, blocked access roads to the city,creating congestion early in the day. The FIDL high school union said 500 high schools had been barricaded and closed across the country. Dozens of university buildings were also barricaded and closed. The Eiffel tower closed because staff were striking.
Inès, 25, from Seine Saint Denis, who had worked as a supermarket cashier and in fast-food chains, said: “This is about workers on the streets fighting for their rights.”
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