Protesters Storm Paris Euronext Building Over Pension Reform

Union members and protesters enter the entrance hall at the headquarters of the Pan-European stock exchange Euronext during a protest action against unpopular pension reforms, in the La Defense district of Paris, France on April 20, 2023. Geoffroy Van der Hasselt / AFP via Getty Images

A group of protesters briefly invaded stock market operator Euronext’s offices in the La Defense business district of Paris on Thursday, as protests against French President Macron’s pension reforms continue.

The protesters said that big companies should pay to finance pensions. “We are told that there is no money to finance pensions,” said SUD-Rail unionist, Fabien Villedieu. There is “no need to get the money from the pockets of workers,” he said, as “there is some in the pockets of billionaires.”