STORY: After the failed vote of no confidence in the French government, demonstrators vented their anger about the pension reform that had been passed on Tuesday night. As here in Paris, a trail of devastation was left behind in some places. Garbage was set on fire, vehicles demolished, bus stops deflated. Firefighters struggled to extinguish the fires. The rubbish heaps had not been picked up for days due to strikes. There were several arrests. The nationwide protests are set to continue. See you again on Thursday, said a representative of the left-wing union CGT in Paris. The centerpiece of the reform is raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. The French government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote on Monday. A fall of the government would also have meant the end of the reform that Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne had pushed through while bypassing parliament. The opposition parties want to have the constitutional conformity of the reform checked.