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Protesters angry at French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms continued with scattered actions on Friday amid slowed train traffic, rows of trucks blocking access to Marseille's commercial port and debris still littering the Paris streets following the previous day's mass demonstrations. Over 450 protesters were arrested in Paris and beyond…

Protesters cheer as a part of the historic building goes up in flames

PARIS — French unions held more strikes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s reform of the country’s pension system on Thursday, a day after he went on television to insist he won’t back down and likened protesters to the rebels who stormed the U.S. Capitol.

More than one million people are protesting the government’s plan to raise the pension age by two years

French protesters downed their tools and marched once again in Paris and other cities on Thursday, galvanised by President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to ram his deeply unpopular pension reform through parliament without a vote, in what critics have branded a “denial of democracy”.

King Charles and the Queen Consort are due to visit France this weekend as part of their first state visit since the Queen's death, amid fears protests could cause disruption

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To have a chance of cooling a red-hot dispute over plans to raise the retirement age, French President Emmanuel Macron can ill afford to ignore Laurent Berger, head of the moderate CFDT union.

Burning piles of rubbish threaten to overshadow King’s first official royal visit