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Seventh day of protests over French pension reform as Senate vote looms

A protester attends a demonstration in Saint-Nazaire against the French government's pension reform plan, as part of the sixth day of national strikes and protests on 7 March 2023. © REUTERS / STEPHANE MAHE

France is braced for another round of mass strikes and protests this weekend, the second in a week and the seventh since January, as lawmakers continue to debate plans to overhaul the country's pensions system. The upper house of parliament has until Sunday night to finish debating the contested legislation.

Marches are planned in Paris and other cities on Saturday, four days after more than a million people turned out for the last nationwide rallies.

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