French Pension Reform Protests Disrupt Access to Louvre and Escalate into Social and Political Crisis

Trade union protesters blocked the entrance to the Louvre museum in Paris, frustrating crowds of visitors. The protesters were demonstrating peacefully against President Emmanuel Macron's move to raise the French retirement age without a final vote in parliament. The protest came one day ahead of a 10th round of nationwide strikes and street marches and followed violence in cities across France over the pension system changes. Louvre employees were among the protesters outside the museum.