Paris police ban gatherings on key sites as French pension protests grow The GuardianFrance pension protests: Crowd clashes with police over government reform by decree BBCProtests resume across France after Macron forced through contested pension reform • FRANCE 24 FRANCE 24 English‘Two fingers to the French people’ – what the papers said about Macron’s pension decision The Local FranceOpinion | Despite protests, Macron-style reforms are needed — and not only in France The Washington Post