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Clashes break out as French strike for higher wages

French CGT labour union leader Philippe Martinez attends a demonstration in Paris as part of a nationwide day of strike and protests for higher wages and against requisitions at refineries in France, October 18, 2022. REUTERS - BENOIT TESSIER

Dozens of black-clad protesters clashed with police and broke shop windows on the margins of a demonstration when several thousand people took to the streets of Paris to call for wage hikes as high inflation eats away their purchasing power.

11 people were reportedly arrested in Paris on Tuesday, with France's interior ministry saying that approximately 107,000 people followed the call for industrial action from leftwing parties and some unions,

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