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PARIS (Reuters) – A free climber known as the “French Spiderman” scaled a 38-storey skyscraper in Paris on Wednesday to demonstrate his support for protesters angry about a pension law that will delay the age at which people can retire in France.<\/p>\n

Alain Robert, 60, climbs without a harness, using only his bare hands and a pair of climbing shoes.<\/p>\n

“I’m here to show my support for those who oppose the pension reform,” he told Reuters before starting his ascent of the 150-metre (492 foot) skyscrapper in Paris’ La Defense business district.<\/p>\n

“I’m here to tell (President) Emmanuel Macron to come back down to earth … by climbing with no safety net.”<\/p>\n

Robert said the pension reform, which Macron signed into law at the weekend after months of street protests, meant that, combined with a loss of income due to the COVID pandemic, he would have to keep on working, and climbing, for longer.<\/p>\n

Under the reform, the French retirement age will gradually rise to 64 from 62.<\/p>\n

Robert has scaled more than 150 towering structures worldwide, including Dubai’s Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building – the Eiffel Tower, and San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Noemie Olive and Clotaire Achi; Writing by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Gareth Jones)<\/p>\n

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