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French PM offers to meet opposition, unions amid pension crisis

French riot police try to extinguish a fire amid clashes during a demonstration against the French government's pension reform, in Paris, France March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne plans to meet with opposition leaders and trade unions in the hope of ending weeks of protests against a new pension law, her office said on Sunday.

Demonstrations against the pension reform, which will raise the retirement age by two years, turned violent after the government pushed through the legislation this month without a final parliamentary vote.

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