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French government plays down cost of strikes after huge turnout against pension reform

Protesters gather on Place de la République in Paris during a demonstration against proposed pension changes on January 19, 2023. © Lewis Joly, AP

Strikes in protest at plans to raise the French retirement age are unlikely to hurt the country's economy, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Friday, after more than a million people rallied across the country in protest at the planned pension overhaul.

"I don't think the strikes will have a really important economic impact on the French economy," Le Maire told Bloomberg TV at the World Economic Forum in Davos, adding that the French economy was "doing well".

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