Since March, a series of protests, strikes, and marches have slowed down or stopped various parts of France, as demonstrators and labor unions voice their opposition to a set of proposed labor law reforms that will relax existing regulations. France’s Socialist government has pushed through proposals that will lengthen the work week to 48 hours from 35, and make it easier for employers to hire and fire workers, despite strong opposition in Parliament and from the public. As the French Senate began debating the proposals this week, more protests and strikes are planned—even while France’s infrastructure is being strained as it hosts the Euro 2016 Soccer Championship.
French riot police clash with protesters demonstrating against labor law reforms close to the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris on March 31, 2016.Thomas Samson / AFP / Getty
French labor union workers and students attend a demonstration against the French labor law proposal in Paris, France, as part of a nationwide labor reform protests and strikes, on April 28, 2016.Charles Platiau / Reuters
A police officer watches riot police officers supervising demonstrators against a labor law bill, on May 19, 2016, in Paris.Laurent Cirprtiani / AP
Riot police prepare to intervene to disperse refinery workers staging a blockade of the Douchy-Les-Mines oil depot to protest against the government's proposed labor reforms, on May 25, 2016. Refinery workers stepped up strikes that threatened to paralyze France ahead of the Euro 2016 tournament.Francois Lo Presti / AFP / Getty
Commuters wait for a bus to Orly Airport during a railway strike in Paris, on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Workers at the SNCF national rail authority, whose train service are crucial to football's Euro 2016 spectators, were on an open-ended strike to protest their working conditions and a controversial government labor reform.Francois Mori / AP
Protesters walk behind a banner reading “Withdrawal of labor law reform” on May 19, 2016, in Saint-Nazaire, western France.Jean-Sebastien Evrard / AFP / Getty
A waiter stands near a pile of trash bags in front of the Cafe de Flore in Paris during a garbage-collector and sewer-worker strike in Paris to protest the labor reforms law proposal, on June 8, 2016.Charles Platiau / Reuters
A view of people listening to speeches as they take part in the Nuit Debout , or Up All Night, movement at Place de la Republique on April 10, 2016, in Paris, France. Hundreds of people occupy the Place de la Republique every night since March 31, to protest against the state of emergency, poor housing, and the labor reform laws.Aurelien Meunier / Getty
This combination of photos taken on April 6, 2016, shows (from left, top row) Cherifa, a French student at Paris’s Louis-le-Grand high school, Lucas, who has decided to settle on Place de la Republique as long as the movement lasts, Abdallah, presenting himself as a 65-years-old anarchist. From left, middle row: Victor, a musician who has decided to come and play with his band, Regis, who is just curious about the movement, Michel, an artist who wishes to be a candidate in the 2017 French presidential elections. From left, bottom row: Therese, holding the Palestinian flag, Maxime, a mechanic from Normandy, and Claude, who has decided to come alone and listen to the speeches. All have decided to take part in the Nuit Debout, or Up All Night, movement, posing on Place de la Republique in downtown Paris. Anger over labor reforms spawned the protest movement that took over French city squares, with young people gathering until dawn demanding social change.Elliott Verdier / AFP / Getty
A photo taken on June 15, 2016 shows graffiti, spray painted during a demonstration against labor reforms on June 14, reading “in ashes all becomes possible”on a wall near the Musee Rodin on Boulevard des Invalides in Paris.Jacques Demarthon / AFP / Getty
Students march to Place de la Republique during a demonstration against a draft law on labor reforms on April 14, 2016, in Paris, France.Pierre Crom / Getty
French riot police officers spray pepper gas at a demonstrator during a protest against labor laws, in Paris on May 12, 2016.Christophe Ena / AP
Riot police clash with protestors during a demonstration held as part of nationwide labor actions in Paris on May 26, 2016.Francois Mori / AP
Students shout slogans during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, on April 28, 2016, during a nationwide day of protest. Student organizations and employee unions have joined to call for protests across France to reject a government reform relaxing the 35-hour working week and other labor rules. #Claude Paris / AP
Tens of thousands of protesters attend a rally against labor reforms as a protester throws a stone in the direction of riot police on June 14, 2016, in Paris.Pierre Crom / Getty
French riot police face masked protesters attempting to break pieces of stone off of a building during a demonstration against proposed labor reforms in Paris on June 14, 2016. Several hundred masked protesters hurled objects at police on June 14 during a demonstration in Paris, authorities said.Dominique Faget / AFP / Getty
A police car burns during a demonstration against police brutality on May 18, 2016, in Paris. Around 200 people demonstrated against police brutality, despite the demonstration being forbidden by the police department.Aurelien Meunier / Getty
A vehicle burns as French riot police clear the Place de la Republique in Paris during a protest by the Nuit Debout, or Up All Night, movement on April 29, 2016.Alain Jocard / AFP / Getty
Workers hold flags and demonstrate during a day of strikes and protests, in Marseille, southern France, on June 14, 2016. Workers strike across sectors of the French economy and march through French cities in what unions hope is a huge outpouring of discontent at changes to labor protections and a big challenge to the government.Claude Paris / AP
A police surveillance drone flies over a demonstration against the French labor law proposal in Paris, as part of nationwide labor reform protests and strikes on April 28, 2016.Charles Platiau / Reuters
A demonstrator kicks a Velib bicycle during a protest against proposed labor reforms in Paris on June 14, 2016.Alain Jocard / AFP / Getty
A French policeman in riot gear holds a flashball gun as French high school and university students take part in a demonstration against the labor reform bill proposal in Nantes, France, on March 24, 2016.Stephane Mahe / Reuters
Protestors react to tear gas during a demonstration against French labor law reform in Nantes, France, on May 17, 2016.Stephane Mahe / Reuters
A wounded demonstrator bleeds during a demonstration in Paris on June 14, 2016.Francois Mori / AP
A protestor uses a tennis racket to return a tear gas canister during a demonstration to protest the government's proposed labor law reforms in Nantes, France, on June 2, 2016.Stephane Mahe / Reuters
Tens of thousands of protesters attend a rally against labor reforms as riot police arrest a protester on June 14, 2016, in Paris.Pierre Crom / Getty
A cloud of tear gas swirls around the statue of the Place de la Nation during clashes between youths and police at a demonstration against the French labor law proposal in Paris on April 28, 2016.Philippe Wojazer / Reuters
Fires burn after protesters threw Molotov cocktails in the direction of riot police on June 14, 2016, in Paris.Pierre Crom / Getty
An injured demonstrator is detained by police officers during a protest against proposed labor reforms in Paris on June 14, 2016.Alain Jocard / AFP / Getty
Riot police arrest a man during a demonstration against the French government's proposed labor reforms on April 28, 2016, in Nantes.Loic Venance / AFP / Getty
A policeman reacts in a clash with protesters during a demonstration against the proposed changes to France's working week and layoff practices, in Lyon, France, on April 28, 2016.Laurent Cipriani / AP
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