Eiffel Tower closed as French protest budget cuts
The protesters went to the streets of more than 200 towns and cities in France to condemn expenditure cuts and demand higher taxes on the rich.
Thousands of workers, retired and student in Paris walked from Place D’Italie in the afternoon.
The Eiffel Tower announced that it was closed to visitors due to strikes.
The nationwide strikes, which are called by the major unions of France, are the latest strikes from a series of protests that started last month and fueled by political turmoil and fiery budget talks.
The unions call on Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to abandon the draft budget measures proposed by his predecessor, including social welfare ice creams and arctic squeezing measures, which say that many of them will further erode the purchasing power of low -wage and middle class workers.
They also call on higher taxes on wealthy.
Lecornu, who was appointed last month, has not yet explained the details of his budget plans and has not yet appointed the expected government ministers.
The deeply divided parliament is to discuss the budget bill until the end of the year.
“True, within a month without a government or budget, there is a three -day strike and protest in a month without a government or budget.
The French Ministry of Interior said that 195,000 protesters have reached the country -wide streets, including 24,000 in Paris.
National Railway Company SNCF said high -speed train services normally work on Thursday and that some regional lines are affected by partial disruptions.
Metro traffic in Paris was close to normal, but many go and work at a lower capacity of the train.
Some teachers and health workers also participated in strikes, but in general, the figures showed that less than last month to the call of trade unions.
According to the figures of the Police and the Ministry of Interior, more than 500,000 demonstrators marched in the small towns of France and in their big cities, including Paris.
Unions reported more than one million striker and protesters throughout the country.
A week ago, an anti -government action in France, smoke, barricades in the flames and Block everything was seen in the streets drowning with tear gas volleyball.
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