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CGT Secretary General Philippe Martinez arrives at Matignon for crunch talks with French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe over a hotly contested pension overhaul that has sparked the country's longest rail strike in history. IMAGES
France's government is meeting today with unions and employers for a fresh round of talks to try and resolve the standoff over a pension overhaul that has sparked the country's longest transport strikes in decades. Unions say the reform would force millions of people to retire later. The government insists the measure is necessary for ensuring sufficient financing for the deficit-plagued system. IMAGES
The CFDT union joins the other unions for a third day of mobilisation against French pension reform. With the CFTC and Unsa, it is taking to the streets not against the principle of merging the 42 existing pension schemes into a universal system - the objective of president Emmanuel Macron's government - but to improve the content of the project. IMAGES
Protesters, including several "yellow vests", gather in Marseille for a rally against France's pensions reforms on the 13th day of a nationwide strike that has crippled the public transport system and closed schools throughout the country. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe arrives at the press conference where he is due to unveil the details of a pension reform plan workers fear will leave them poorer. Unions have vowed to resist until the plan is withdrawn. IMAGES
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