- Demonstrators forced their way into the building that houses BlackRock’s office in Paris Thursday, taking their protest against the government’s pension reforms to the world’s biggest money manager.
- Videos shared on social media showed protesters entering the Centorial office block, located near the Opéra Garnier opera house, holding red flares and firing smoke bombs.
- About 100 people, including representatives of several labor unions, were on the ground floor of the building for about 10 minutes, chanting anti-reform slogans. BlackRock’s office is located on the third floor.
JUST IN: 🇫🇷 $10 trillion asset manager BlackRock Paris headquarters taken over by protestors. pic.twitter.com/n6Bcnp4i1W
— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) April 6, 2023
