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Over 1,600 teachers and high school students are demonstrating in the streets of Marseille, south of France, according to police figures. French teachers are striking across the country demanding better pay and work conditions, after being "inflammed" by Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera's comments. IMAGES
Some 200 diplomats and foreign ministry officials rally in Paris near the Quai d'Orsay to protest a plan to strip foreign ministry envoys of their special status, a move they say will weaken France's influence abroad. IMAGES
French education professionals demonstrate in Bordeaux as part of a nationwide protest to denounce the Covid health "protocols" in schools. While the education ministry says almost 40 percent of primary school teachers have walked out, top union Snuipp puts the figure at 75 percent with one primary school in two closed for the day. IMAGES
Several thousand people demonstrate in the western French city of Rennes to demand answers, an increase in wages, just over six months before the presidential election. IMAGES
French unions have taken to the streets again to protest against the government's pension reform and call for gender equality. IMAGES