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French protesters take to streets over pension reform, though numbers dwindle

2019-12-12 08:54:00       source:CGTN

December 11, 2019


The crowds of protesters taking to the streets of France on Tuesday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform may have been smaller, but positions on both sides appeared as hardened as ever a day before the government was scheduled to reveal the plan's final details.


Organizers had wanted to match the more than 800,000 who participated in a first day of protest last Thursday, but the turnout was much lower, despite the fine weather.


"Given the depth of discontent, there is a need to get more people on the streets," said Philippe Martinez, head of the hardline CGT union.


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