More than 2.5 million demonstrators take to the streets in France

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Anti riot policemen push demonstrators who block the fuel storage depot of Douchy-Les-Mines, northern France, to protest against French government pensions reform on October 19, 2010.​

 

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A cartoon featuring president Nicolas Sarkozy and reading 'dangerous psychopathic' is displayed on October 19, 2010 in Strasbourg, eastern France, during a demonstration to protest against French goverment pensions reform.​

 

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Private and public sector workers attend a demonstration over pension reforms in Paris October 19, 2010. France faced its sixth day of nationwide strikes and protests in two months on Tuesday as trade unions sought to force French government to back down on an unpopular pension reform raising the retirement age.​

 

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A woman blows in a trumpet during a demonstration on October 19, 2010 in Strasbourg, eastern France, as part of a national day of mass rallies against pension reform.
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A car runs through flare smoke on October 19, 2010 during a demonstration against the governmental pensions reform in Nice, southeastern France.​

 

[soIsee]

French companies should just migrate their headquarters & operations to sinkapore...

coz even they pay us $3/hr.....we will still work for it...
and grateful for them.

The french r really greedy ppl...not contented like us sinkies.

:(

Sorrie to tell you the truth.

Even if the french come to Sinkland and pay S$3/hr .

No Sinkie will get the job.

The jobs will go to the FTs!

 

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Protesters holding French union CGT flags block the traffic on October 19, 2010 during a demonstration against the governmental pensions reform in Nice, southeastern France. French workers and students took to the streets once again today to defend their right to retire at 60, with youths battling police, petrol stations running dry and many flights cancelled.​

 

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People block the access to the Nice airport on October 19, 2010 French Riviera, as they demonstrate during the sixth day of coordinated nationwide protests against the pensions reform to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.​

 

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Tourists enter on foot the Nice airport through a police gate on October 19, 2010 French Riviera, as busses and taxis don't run during the sixth day of coordinated nationwide protests against the pensions reform to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.​

 

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A tourist chat with gendarmes as she arrives on foot at the Nice airport on October 19, 2010 French Riviera.​

 

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On strike workers of French oil giant Total refinery of Donges, western France, block the access to the site on October 20, 2010, despite Gendarmes came earlier to clear the place. Police forces freed early morning today three of the refineries blocked by workers demonstrating against the government pension reform.​

 

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Anti-riot policemen arrest a protestor during a demonstration on October 19, 2010 in Saint-Nazaire, northern France, against the governmental pension reform.​

 

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Puppeteers of the 'Theatre du Soleil' perform with a giant figure at the end of the demonstration against in front of the Invalides on October 19, 2010 at the Invalides in Paris, against the governmental pension reform.​

 

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A man wearing a mask representing French president Nicolas Sarkozy shows notes of euros during a demonstration on October 19, 2010 at the Invalides in Paris, against the governmental pension reform.

A protester wearing a mask of France's president Nicolas Sarkozy, is pushed by anti riot policemen, on October 19, 2010 in Saint-Nazaire, western France.​

 

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Some 600 people block the access of Toulouse-Blagnac airport on October 20, 2010 to protest against the government pension reform. Strikes threatening to paralyse France's economy looked set to rumble on into after a million people took to the street the eve for their right to retire at 60 and fuel shortages began to bite.​

 

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Protesters block the access of Toulouse-Blagnac airport on October 20, 2010 to protest against the government pension reform.​

 

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CFDT's unions members build a wall with some breeze-block at the entrance of the UMP heaquarter of the northern city of Lille on October 20, 2010 during a demonstration against against the government pension reform.​

 

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People demonstrate against the French government's pensions reform with the Eiffel tower in the background on October 19, 2010 in Paris.​

 

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A man demonstrates on October19, 2010 in Paris, France.

French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux holds a press conference on October 20, 2010 in Paris as police forces freed earlier today three of the refineries blocked by on strike workers demonstrating against the government pension reform.​

 

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A riot police officer tries to control a crowd in Lyon, central France, Wednesday Oct. 20, 2010. French authorities forced strike-shuttered fuel depots to reopen to ensure gasoline supplies, and the interior minister threatened Wednesday to send in paramilitary police to stop rioting on the fringes of protests against raising the retirement age to 62. Months of largely peaceful demonstrations against the pension reform have taken a violent turn in recent days.​