CNN — King Charles’s state visit to France has been postponed amid planned protests over the French government’s controversial pension reforms.
Both France’s Élysée Palace and Buckingham Palace confirmed the trip had been shelved on Friday morning.
The British monarch and Queen Consort were supposed to visit the country from Sunday through Wednesday, and they would have traveled to Paris and the southwestern city of Bordeaux. However, a decision to postpone the visit was made after demonstrations turned violent in some areas, including Bordeaux, on Thursday.
Clashes between groups of protesters angry over proposed pension reforms and police broke out after workers staged a national strike throughout Thursday, with flare-ups in Paris and regional capitals. In Bordeaux, demonstrators set fire to the entrance of the city hall during skirmishes with police, according to…
2023-03-24 09:42:37
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