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Fires on Rennes ring road. Monday March 20, 2023

Video. French pension reform protestors set fires around Rennes in Brittany

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Piles of burning rubbish left the Rennes ring road covered in smoke on Monday morning as protests against French pension reforms continue. An oil depot was also blockaded south of the Breton city.

Protests against protest reforms in France brought traffic chaos to the capital of Brittany on Monday morning.

Fires were set around the Rennes ring road and an oil depot at Vern-sur-Seiche, south of the city, was blockaded.

Firefighters put on fires in piles of rubbish around the ring road. A spokesperson for the prefecture of Ille-et-Villaine told AFP the blockades had all been lifted.

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