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Commission reluctant to condemn French police's use of excessive force against protestors, injured journalists.
Axar.az reports citing AA that the EU remained silent Friday on French police use of excessive force against demonstrators protesting President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension plans.
EU Commission spokesman Eric Mamer deflected questions by Anadolu Agency about on of its employees, Mustafa Yalcin, who was injured during protests and risks losing an eye because he was hit by a tear gas canister fired by French police while on assignment covering the demonstrations Thursday.
“The European Commission respects both the right of people to demonstrate and the right and indeed the duty of the press to report on such demonstrations,” said Mamer.
“At the same time, it understands that police forces have a role to play in ensuring that demonstrations can take place. In a peaceful matter, and apart from that, we have no comment to make at this stage on the situation.”
Thursday saw one of the biggest strikes in recent French history against Macron’s controversial pension plans.
According to the Interior Ministry, over 806,000 protesters took part in the strike Thursday, in a country of 70 million.
Date
2019.12.07 / 16:32
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Author
Axar.az
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