November 16, 2017
VIOLENCE broke out as thousands of angrydemonstrators took to the streets of Nantes, France this afternoon to protest at new government reforms.

EUROPE ERUPTS: Riots rip through France as thousands take to streets against Macron

They marched against labour reforms, aimed at spurring growth and cutting unemployment, and also focused anger on the “rise of liberalism” in France.
Peaceful marches soon descended into chaos as many, covering their face with masks, launched projectiles at police officers.
Some were photographed pulling tarmac from the street and throwing it at police.
Officers used tear gas in an attempt to quash the riots in the city centre.
One police officer was injured and six people arrested in the clashes.
Several government buildings were defaced with graffiti.
Five trade unions had called the people to march this afternoon.
France’s labour minister Muriel Penicaud told Reuters the role of French trade unions is evolving away from leading mass strikes and and towards working with employers in the workplace whether they like it or not.
She said: “Even though it is important to have strong forms of expression, many workers don’t think it’s in that form.
“They can have their say better through staff representatives.”
She spoke as the hard-left CGT union led the today's round of anti-Macron protests - there have been four national protests since he took office in May.
Barely four months after Mr Macron took office, Ms Penicaud rewrote France’s hefty labour code to give companies more leeway to tailor working conditions to their needs.

EUROPE ERUPTS: Riots rip through France as thousands take to streets against Macron

The labour reform is due to be ratified in parliament next week.
Mr Macron wants to better focus the €30billion spent annually on training people who need it the most, while also extending unemployment insurance to entrepreneurs in the hope more people will be encouraged to start their own company.
The jobless rate in France rose to 9.7 per cent in the third quarter from 9.5 percent in the previous three months, data from the INSEE statistics agency showed on Thursday.

EUROPE ERUPTS: Riots rip through France as thousands take to streets against Macron

It comes after riots broke out in the centre of Brussels last night with projectiles thrown at police and cars vandalised.
Local police called for the Federal police to step in after violence escalated rapidly and young people attacked officers with rocks and knives.
News site RTL said: "Crowd movement in the Place de la Monnaie in Brussels, traffic had to stop because people were running through, at least 200 to 300 people seemed to want to run away from each other. Police sirens have been heard continuously since ".
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