France in Turmoil: Pension Protests Turn Violent and Fuel Public Anger.

At least 457 people were arrested and 441 security forces injured during nationwide protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reform. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin praised the police for protecting the more than one million people who marched around France. The most violent day of protests since they began in January saw 903 fires lit in the streets of Paris. The pensions reform cleared parliament last week in controversial circumstances, but protesters are calling for its withdrawal.