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French protesters launched a new push on Tuesday to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into dropping a pension reform plan, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets and strikes disrupting transport and schools ▶️ u.afp.com/iPgu
#Paris #Marseille #Nantes #Bordeaux

#BREAKING Half a million protest in Paris against President Macron's pension reform: French union

#UPDATE Half a million people were protesting on Tuesday in Paris alone, France's leading CGT union said, amid nationwide rallies and strikes against pension reform backed by French President Emmanuel Macron ▶️ u.afp.com/iPMF
#Paris #retraites

#UPDATE French union puts nationwide turnout for Tuesday pension reform protests at 2.8 million, police say less than half that figure

Protesters across France took to the streets again Tuesday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plan, with unions pledging to keep up pressure against the government with two more days of strikes next week.

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With his controversial pension reform plan, Emmanuel Macron has reignited the debate in France over wealth distribution and is once again facing accusations of being too close to the wealthy, writes @ADAMPLOW

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VIDEO: Clashes break out at the pension reform protest in Paris, as protesters and police face off in a cloud of tear gas near Place Vauban