PARIS- On Thursday, in a confrontation between unions and authorities over pensions reform, police in France used tear gas to disperse protesting crowds who blocked a Paris bus depot.
The pensions reform protests are the longest since 1968 as it is now in its 19th day.
On Twitter, a video showed the police firing teargas towards the entrance of a bus depot at a crowd of protesting people.
The police in Paris has no comment on the matter.
CGT hardline union has called for strikes all of this month after French President Emmanuel Macron assured to push through a pension system overhaul.
On Tuesday, in the annual New Year’s Eve presidential address, Macron said that a compromise regarding the reform is expected soon without departing from the ministers’ principles.
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