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Several thousand demonstrators, including railway workers, teachers and lawyers, took to the streets of Paris to march against pension reform. The government wants to fuse France's 42 different retirement schemes into a single points-based system but opponents fear a drastic decline in pension levels. IMAGES
Demonstrators burn garbage bins after President Emmanuel Macron delivered a televised address to the nation on his controversial pension reform IMAGES
Protestors invade the streets of Paris after France's constitutional court approved the key elements of President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. IMAGES
About 200 demonstrators, gathered at the call of the CGT union, block traffic on the Paris ring road during a demonstration against pension reform and the use of the 49.3 clause. IMAGES
In France, protesters marched against the government's decision to fast-track pension reform through parliament by using a rarely-used decree that bypasses the need for a vote. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe caught the opposition off guard on Saturday by announcing that the government would pass the pensions bill by executive decree, abruptly ending a bitter parliamentary debate on one of President Emmanuel Macron's signature reforms. The announcement was slammed by leftist unions and parties as proof of what they see as Macron's authoritarian tendencies. IMAGES
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