French security forces carried out an operation on Thursday evening 310 arrests linked to protests After approval by the National Assembly state pension reformaccording to the balance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Thousands of people took to the streets of different cities after Executive power to approve controversial reform by decree, contrary to the criteria of the political opposition and trade unions. In Paris alone, 258 people were arrested, Minister Gérald Darmanin said in an interview with RTL.

Darmanin thanked the police and gendarmes for their work in suppressing these mobilizations, which they won’t be the last. The main unions have already called for a new day of strikes next Thursday – they have already organized eight strikes since January.

“I hope that if there are demonstrations, they will be organized under conditions that are in accordance with the law,” the minister said, summing up some of the protests that damaged public facilities and during which “there were very strong pressure on the symbols of the state.”

The government’s decision to resort to Article 49.3 of the Constitution to avoid a reform vote in the lower house it also opened the door for a vote of no confidence. The opposition is not yet gaining enough votes to overthrow Elizabeth Bourne’s executive branch, although the main group of the left and far right may unite, as in other cases.

Government spokesman Gabriel Attal asked himself this Friday in ICL “what is the alternative to the current project in the event of the success of any of these movements and accused the leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a former presidential candidate, of seeking a “permanent crisis” in France.

Here’s how the government promoted pension reform

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born used a special procedure to push an unpopular pension bill through the National Assembly. no voting on thursdayagainst the backdrop of the cries of left-wing legislators who raised banners against reform.