Protesters storm Paris Euronext building in anger over pension law

On Thursday, protestors temporarily entered Euronext’s buildings in Paris’ La Defense business neighborhood, demanding that wealthy firms pay for pensions.

“We are told that there is no money to finance pensions,” said Sud-Rail unionist Fabien Villedieu. “No need to get the money from the pockets of workers, there is some in the pockets of billionaires.”

The group of a few hundred protestors occupied Euronext’s foyer, chanting “We are here, we are here, even if Macron does not want it.”

“Macron resign!”

This month, Blackrock’s Paris headquarters experienced similar events.

Macron raised the retirement age to 64 at the weekend.

After three months of massive, often violent protests. Polls reveal most voters oppose pension reform.

Macron and his cabinet want to move on to working conditions, law and order, education, and health.

However, protestors in La Defense on Thursday and those who heckled Macron in eastern Alsace on Wednesday showed many were not ready to go on.

“We’ll continue until the (pension law’s) withdrawal,” demonstrators screamed in La Defense’s center square, holding a “No to the pension reform” banner.

Macron’s second public appearance since passing the bill was protested on Thursday.

While he smiled and took photographs with students in Ganges, southern France, police-held demonstrators screamed against the pension change.

Macron stated, “There is a bit of everything,” in the playground, dismissing the protests. “Happiness and unhappiness exist.”