France Pension Reforms

Council of Europe slams 'excessive' police force in France protests

Anger has boiled over in the street since his government last week invoked a controversial executive power to force through the bill without a parliamentary vote

Rights groups accuse French police of brutality in pension protests

French authorities arrested more than 450 people on Thursday in the most violent day of demonstrations since the start of the year against the bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64