In France, police fired tear gas and arrested several people today as thousands of yellow vest anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Paris.<br />'' <br />'' Demonstrators shouted slogans denouncing the police, President Emmanuel Macron and his pension reforms that have triggered the longest French transport strike in decades.<br />'' <br />'' This was the latest of the weekly demonstrations held every Saturday by the yellow vest movement since November 2018.<br />'' <br />'' Police said, 15 people were arrested after they tried to disperse a bloc at the head of the protest in northern Paris.<br />'' <br />'' The rallies came on the 45th day of a strike that has hit train and metro traffic and caused misery for millions of commuters in Paris.<br />'' <br />'' President Macron's reforms aim to forge a single pensions system from the country's 42 separate regimes. According to the critics, the reforms will effectively force millions of people to work longer for a smaller pension.<br />''