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Clashes erupt at French May Day protests against Macron

Protesters demonstrate against deeply unpopular pension reform in Paris. Hundreds have been injured in violent clashes with police in cities across the country. – AFP pic, May 2, 2023.

PROTESTERS clashed with security forces across France yesterday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. Unions had been hoping for a vast turnout nationwide to further rattle Macron, who has been greeted by pot-bashing and jeers as he toured the country seeking to defend the reforms and relaunch his second term.

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