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"The priority that I have set for my government (...) is really to democratise access to culture throughout the country, particularly in rural areas," says Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in Montbéliard (Doubs) during his first trip dedicated to culture, to mark the launch of the 2024 "Capital of Culture". SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives in Montbeliard, in the eastern Doubs departement, to launch "Montbeliard, French Capital of Culture" 2024. IMAGES
Demonstrators run away from tear gas fired by police at Place de la République in Paris, on the sidelines of a rally against the French government's plan to reform the pension system. IMAGES
French police intervened to clear demonstrators from a central Paris square where a crowd of thousands had gathered in front of parliament to protest President Emmanuel Macron's government imposing a controversial pensions overhaul without a parliament vote. Lines of police with shields and batons drawn advanced towards the square, while others fired water cannon after a fire was lit in the middle of the square. IMAGES
"And we'll go, and we'll go, and we'll go until we withdraw," chanted dozens of demonstrators gathered in Rennes after the use of 49.3 to pass the pension reform. "Emmanuel Macron, president of the bosses, your reform we don't want", they added. IMAGES
"If the government were to use the 49.3" article to push through its pension reform, "there would be no more rules for anyone," warns Olivier Mateu, secretary general of the Bouches-du-Rhône CGT departmental union, at a press conference in Martigues. IMAGES