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Several thousand people begin demonstrating in Paris to demand the withdrawal of the government's controversial pension reform, during an eighth national inter-professional day of demonstration called for, principally, by the CGT and FO unions. IMAGES
Thousands of people marched in Marseille on the fourth inter-professional day of strikes and demonstrations against pension reform. IMAGES
For the second day in succession City of Paris refuse collectors are on a "renewable and indefinite" strike. To protest the attribution of contracts to private refuse collection companies they throw thousands of leaflets from the roof of the Department of sanitation and water. They demanded in particular the "remunicipalisation" of the missions entrusted to private companies and the improvement of their working conditions. IMAGES
In Paris, a procession of hospital staff set off from the former Val-de-Grâce military hospital, bound for the Ministry of Health, to demand more resources than the 6.3 billion already put on the table by the French government. IMAGES
Trade union calls for a demonstration to protest the government's pension reform brings 4,000 people out on to the streets of Saint Nazaire, according to the CGT union. Police estimated only 1,500 people demonstrated. The strike is now in its 43rd day. IMAGES
Thousands of teenagers in Paris join a global strike against climate change, heeding the rallying cry of activist Greta Thunberg and demanding adults act to stop environmental disaster. It is expected to be the biggest protest ever against the threat posed to the planet by climate change. IMAGES
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