Tensions over pension reform in France and controversial comments about Taiwan cloud Macron’s trip to the Netherlands.
Demonstrators disrupted French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech on the future of Europe in the Netherlands as he faces mass protests against pension reforms in his homeland.
Security officials detained a protester who shouted at Macron outside the University of Amsterdam on Wednesday in recent unrest during the French President’s state visit to the Netherlands.
“To the honor of the workers – even if Macron doesn’t like it, we are here,” the protester shouted before being pinned to the ground by several officers.
France’s leader faces the biggest challenge of his second term after pushing through his flagship pension reform, which includes raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Demonstrators disrupted French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech on the future of Europe in the Netherlands as he faces mass protests against pension reforms in his homeland.
Security officials detained a protester who shouted at Macron outside the University of Amsterdam on Wednesday in recent unrest during the French President’s state visit to the Netherlands.
“To the honor of the workers – even if Macron doesn’t like it, we are here,” the protester shouted before being pinned to the ground by several officers.
France’s leader faces the biggest challenge of his second term after pushing through his flagship pension reform, which includes raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Where is the democracy in France? During Macron’s Tuesday speech to a predominantly student audience, banner-waving protesters shouted.
The Hague protestors gathered in the first row of a theater and held up a sign that read, “President of violence and hypocrisy” while yelling, “You have millions of protesters in the streets.”
Following their removal by security personnel, Macron claimed that those aiming to overturn laws approved by elected governments are “endangering democracy,” citing the riots that occurred in the US Capitol in 2021 and an attack on Brazil’s Congress in 2023.
