French protesters set fire to City Hall in Bordeaux

Protests in France against pension reform are gaining momentum. Peaceful demonstrations are increasingly taking the form of riots.

So, in the city of Bordeaux, the protesters decided to arrange a major arson. Because of their actions, the fire engulfed the building of the local city hall. Footage from the scene has surfaced on social media.

Firefighters and law enforcement officers rushed to the spot. Now they are looking for the perpetrators to detain them for setting fire to the administrative building.

We will remind, earlier it was reported that pyromaniacs flooded the streets of Paris. Demonstrators also set fires and pogroms there. The police use tear gas against the brawlers, but they take to the streets in gas masks and continue to riot.

On March 23, protests against pension reform in France reached a peak. The speech of the President of the country Emmanuel Macron did not calm the citizens, but had the opposite effect.

In addition, before that it became known that on March 23, demonstrators blocked the work of railway stations, schools and airports. The Civil Aviation Authority was forced to cancel up to 30% of flights at the airports of Marseille, Bordeaux and Lyon.

The pension reform was adopted on 16 March. The law states that the retirement age in France is increased from 62 to 64 years. This caused massive protests that broke out across the country. If initially the demonstrations were peaceful, then later the French began to behave aggressively. Clashes with the police began.