{"id":279558,"date":"2025-09-19T00:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/french-police-launch-tear-gas-at-protesters-as-country-faces-day-of-strikes-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T00:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:05:11","slug":"french-police-launch-tear-gas-at-protesters-as-country-faces-day-of-strikes-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/french-police-launch-tear-gas-at-protesters-as-country-faces-day-of-strikes-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"French police launch tear gas at protesters as country faces day of strikes | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/YpCRrgga3Y8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"French police launch tear gas at protesters as country faces day of strikes | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YpCRrgga3Y8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>More than one million people have taken part in strikes and protests across France in response to budget cuts proposed by Emmanuel Macron&#8217;s government, according to organisers.<\/p>\n<p>As strikes hobbled the Paris Metro and disrupted other services, nationwide demonstrations saw sporadic clashes with police who fired volleys of tear gas into crowds.<\/p>\n<p>The day of upheaval aimed to turn up the heat on new Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu and President Macron, who are engaged in an intensifying battle both in parliament and on the streets about how to plug holes in France\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n<p>Their opponents are fighting proposals to cut spending on schools, hospitals, subsidised healthcare, unemployment and other safety nets that are cherished in France.<\/p>\n<p>It follows a series of crises faced by the Macron government since he dissolved parliament in 2024, triggering a legislative election that stacked Parliament&#8217;s lower house with critics of the president.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Macron appointed his defence minister and close ally Lecornu as the new prime minister after Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou was ousted by a vote-of-no-confidence over proposed budget cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Marching with thousands of other protesters in Paris, hospital nurse Aya Tour\u00e9 summed up how many people across the country are feeling.<br \/>\n\u201cFed up. Really, really fed up,&quot; she said. \u201cThose people governing us, they have no clue about real-life issues. We are paying the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clara Simon, a history student who marched through Paris brandishing a poster that read, &quot;University in danger,&quot; said: \u201cI don\u2019t know how it\u2019s even possible to consider making cost savings.<br \/>\n\u201cThere\u2019s already no money for soaps in the toilets, no money to fix a seat when it\u2019s broken. I\u2019m angry because the economic and social situation in France is deteriorating every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Left-wing parties and their supporters want the wealthy and businesses to pay more to help rein in France\u2019s debts, rather than see public spending cuts that they contend will hit low-paid and middle-class workers.<br \/>\n\u201cWe need to find money where there\u2019s money,&quot; said Pierre Courois, a 65-year-old retired civil servant. \u201cFrance\u2019s deficit is an issue, but it\u2019s not by cutting on public services that you fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than one million people have taken part in strikes and protests across France in response to budget cuts proposed by Emmanuel Macron&#8217;s government, according to organisers. As strikes hobbled the Paris Metro and disrupted other services, nationwide demonstrations saw sporadic clashes with police who fired volleys of tear gas into crowds. 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