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Clashes with the police break out during the demonstration against pensions reform in Rennes. France's Senate voted late Saturday to approve a deeply unpopular reform to the country's pension system. IMAGES
Montparnasse train station in Paris, as France faces huge disruption with transport blockages, mass strikes and demonstrations hitting the country for the second time in a month to protest a planned reform to raise the retirement age. IMAGES
It's a bad time for everyone to discuss pension reform, warned FO Secretary General Yves Veyrier on his arrival at the Elysee Palace for a meeting with social partners to talk about pensions, but also economic recovery and health context. SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister Jean Castex affirms to the French National Assembly there is a delay in the delivery of Pfizer vaccines but assures "it will be made up for". IMAGES
Health workers stage a demonstration outside Robert Debre Children's Hospital in Paris, as the French government holds talks on the future of the public healthcare system, with reforms expected to hit the nation's hospitals and nursing homes. IMAGES
Between 300 and 400 people, mostly nurses from Bordeaux University Hospital, demonstrate near the hospital the day after the French government announced an overhaul of the healthcare system, which aims to improve the care of patients and the working conditions of medical staff. IMAGES