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January 30, 2020

French Firefighters Clash with Riot Police in Latest Protests Against Pension Overhaul
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In France, thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Paris,
Marseille, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse and Bordeaux Wednesday in the latest
mass demonstration against French President Emmanuel Macron's proposed
pension overhaul. In Paris, thousands of protesting firefighters clashed
with riot police. French workers and unions have staged mass
demonstrations for months to protest the pension overhaul. This is one
of the protesters.

Protester: "It's scandalous. They're putting us in a 'hold-up' situation
with ordinances and executive orders. Macron is presenting an incomplete
bill. We say France is not a dictatorship, but it starts to seem that
way if that's the way it works."



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