The smileys on the building of the Paris City Hall are displayed to express solidarity with the protesters against the pension reform, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in an interview with France Inter radio, Report informs.
"I hail this movement. It sets an example of unity," she said.
Hidalgo called the economic situation in the country catastrophic. She noted that no one voted for pension reform in the presidential election, which Emmanuel Macron won.
According to the Paris mayor, the process of adopting the pension reform in France showed that democracy is collapsing in the country.
A new protest rally of trade unions against raising the retirement age in France will be held today, June 6. Law enforcement agencies expect 400,000 to 600,000 people to participate.