Paris is not looking (or smelling) her best as strikes continue and garbage is piled up high around town. When the controversial retirement legislation was pushed through parliament via a legal technicality people took to the streets and I happened to be near the Élysée Palace the following day where the acrid smell of burnt trash filled the air. The go…
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