A total of 117 people were arrested during Monday’s demonstration in Paris against the pension reform in France, BFM television reported.

One of the most crowded demonstrations took place in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, at Place Vauban square. Several thousand people gathered there to demand the cancellation of the pension reform.

They expressed their disapproval of the French government's decision, which was adopted by bypassing the parliament.

After two resolutions of disagreement with the government, which did not receive the required number of votes in the National Assembly—the lower house, some participants of the demonstration started burning trash cans and clashed with the police. The law enforcers used tear gas and forbade the protesters to enter the square.

After an hour or two, the protesters were allowed to leave Vauban, and some of them went in the direction of the Saint-Lazare subway station and the Paris Opera. The police stopped a large demonstration in this area, but the protesters split into smaller groups and continue to burn trash cans throughout the city. Until now, many streets have large piles of garbage due to the strike of garbage collectors.

A total of 2,000 policemen and gendarmes participate in maintaining order on the streets of the French capital. Apart from Paris, mass demonstrations are taking place also in some other major cities of the France. Clashes between police and protesters were reported in Strasbourg, Lyon, and Rennes.