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Hundreds of people protest in north-east Paris, between the Place Stalingrad to the Goutte d'Or, after a call from the CGT union's branch in the 18e arrondissement, to continue pushing back against the government's controversial pension reform. IMAGES
Firefighters extinguish a garbage fire in front of the Musée Grévin in Paris as clashes broke out in the capital after the rejection of two no-confidence motions in parliament. The rejections of the motions means that the reform to raise the pensions age from 62 to 64 has now been adopted by the legislature. 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
The CFDT union joins the other unions for a third day of mobilisation against French pension reform. With the CFTC and Unsa, it is taking to the streets not against the principle of merging the 42 existing pension schemes into a universal system - the objective of president Emmanuel Macron's government - but to improve the content of the project. IMAGES
Protesters, including several "yellow vests", gather in Marseille for a rally against France's pensions reforms on the 13th day of a nationwide strike that has crippled the public transport system and closed schools throughout the country. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe arrives at the press conference where he is due to unveil the details of a pension reform plan workers fear will leave them poorer. Unions have vowed to resist until the plan is withdrawn. IMAGES
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