Police said almost 800,000 people turned out across France against the pension reform on Monday. theSun theSundaily arrest protest Macron France
A protestor holds a sign reading"Shoked by burnt plastic but not by our stolen pensions" during a demonstration on May Day to mark the international day of the workers, more than a month after the government pushed an unpopular pensions reform act through parliament, in Lyon, eastern France, on May 1, 2023.
Police said almost 800,000 people turned out across France against the pension reform on Monday -- the Labour Day holiday -- while the hard-left CGT union tallied 2.3 million. “There is deep defiance and dialogue can only resume if the government shows it is finally willing to take the unions’ positions into account,“ they added.
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