France Braces for More Pension Protests and Violence

Protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms continue in France, with thousands marching and the Eiffel Tower closed. The government has warned of potential violence and deployed 13,000 officers, nearly half of them in Paris. Despite fresh union pleas, President Emmanuel Macron remains committed to raising France's legal retirement age from 62 to 64. The protests mark the 10th time since January that unions have called on workers to walk out. Macron's opponents argue that additional funding for pensions could come from other sources, without having to make workers retire later.