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The port of Calais is slowing down as part of the "dead ports" day launched by the CGT union to fight against the French government's pension reform. IMAGES
Protesters again pound the streets of Marseille as public opposition to the French government's plans to overhaul the pension system shows no sign of abating. IMAGES
France's transport strike seems to be running out of steam with Gare de l'Est in Paris almost back to normal this morning, despite another day of planned demonstrations across the capital. IMAGES
Several thousand demonstrators, including railway workers, teachers and lawyers, took to the streets of Paris to march against pension reform. The government wants to fuse France's 42 different retirement schemes into a single points-based system but opponents fear a drastic decline in pension levels. IMAGES
Gare de Lyon station remains calm as the strike movement against pension reform continues to partially paralyse Ile-de-France transport during another day of demonstrations. IMAGES