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Protesters against pension reform take to Paris streets (2)

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Some 370,000 people are on the streets of Paris, according to the CGT union, in the latest mass demonstrations against a pensions overhaul that critics say would require millions of people to push back retirement. Unions are demanding the government drop its reform in their biggest show of strength in decades, with a record-breaking public transport strike now in its 36th day. (COMPLETE VID1NK7OE_EN) IMAGES

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