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<French #266> Demonstration of May 1 in Paris: "We must make ourselves ungovernable" - le 1 mai 2023

   Today's article is about the demonstrations over the pension reform in Paris from "France 24" dated May 1, 2023.

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French Original

Manifestation du 1er-Mai à Paris : "Il faut qu’on se rende ingouvernables"

 

(photo) La manifestation du 1er-Mai, à Paris, le 1er mai 2023.

 

Une manifestation massive et festive, mais émaillée de violences, s’est déroulée à Paris lundi pour célébrer le 1er-Mai et poursuivre la contestation contre la réforme des retraites. Dans le cortège, la détermination des manifestants semble renforcée par leur colère à l'encontre d'un gouvernement jugé méprisant.

 

English Translation

Demonstration of May 1 in Paris: "We must make ourselves ungovernable"

 

(photo) The May Day demonstration, in Paris, on May 1, 2023.

 

A massive and festive demonstration, but peppered with violence, took place in Paris on Monday to celebrate May 1 and continue the protest against the pension reform. In the procession, the determination of the demonstrators seems reinforced by their anger against a government deemed contemptuous.

 

Words & Phrases

<C>

colère: anger

cortège: procession

<D>

se déroulée (se dérouler): tooke place (take place)

<E>

émaillée > émaillé (émailler): pepperd (pepper)

encontre: against

<F>

festive > festif: festive

<I>

ingouvernables > ingouvernable: ungovernable

<J>

jugé (juger): judged (judge)

<M>

manifestation: demonstration

massive > massif: massive

méprisant: contemptuous

<P>

poursuivre: to continue

<R>

rende > rendre: to give back

<S>

semble > sembler: to seem