LIVE: France Braces For an Other ‘Day of Action,’ Turmoil Over Macron’s Plan Intensifies

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets across France on Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform that has sparked chaos in the country. Dubbed the “day of action” by French trade unions, Tuesday’s protest is the tenth such mobilization since the industrial action started in mid-January against the law, which includes raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.  The countrywide protests on Thursday witnessed violent clashes between protesters and security forces as the latter used indiscriminate force including teargas canisters to suppress protesters calling for Macron’s ouster. French interior minister Gerald…