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An estimated 130,000 people, according to the CGT union, take to the streets of Paris to protest the French government's pension reform on what is the ninth day of mass protests since they began in December 2019. The turnout is lower compared to the last mass demonstration, on January 29, when an estimated 180.000 people turned up. (COMPLETES VID1OR2LH_EN, VID1OR2DL_EN, VID1OR28V_EN) 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
Police use tear gas to disperse rioters during a demonstration against pension reform in Paris. The clashes broke out near Place de la Republique in the city centre. Although the Paris march began peacefully, black-clad protesters later set fire to a storage trailer and broke storefront windows, prompting police to fire tear gas to try to halt the vandalism. IMAGES
A car turned on its side, bins set on fire, tear gas: clashes between demonstrators and police forces erupt in Paris, towards the end of the demonstration against President Macron's pension reform plan. IMAGES
Bins set on fire, cars vandalised, scaffolding dismantled: A few clashes broke out on the Boulevard de Port-Royal in Paris, on the fringes of the demonstration against the pension reform. IMAGES
French police confront demonstrators at Place de la Concorde in Paris, a day after the government's decision to force through its highly contested pension reform with a vote in the National Assembly. IMAGES
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