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Added on the 02/01/2020 17:10:24 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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
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
Protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms start in Paris, on the eighth day of an enduring strike. IMAGES
Several thousand people wait outside the "Gare de l'Est" train station in Paris before a march through the French capital to protest against a pension overhaul by President Emmanuel Macron. Unions say the planned reforms will force millions of people to work longer or face curtailed benefits. IMAGES
"France is angry", reads one protester's sign at the start of a march against pension reform in Paris, on the 10th day of nationwide action against President Macron's reform proposals. IMAGES