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October 17, 2022

Huge Protest in Paris Demands Action on Inflation and Climate Crisis
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In France, an estimated 140,000 people took to the streets of Paris
Sunday to protest the surging cost of living and to demand action on the
climate crisis. The march was called by the leftist France Unbowed
party.

Natalie Meriau: "I am angry because everything is going wrong: public
services, mistreatment at work, the superprofits that are not taxed. We
have a lot of reasons to be here today. … And there is also everything
to do with climate. Inaction on climate over all these years starts to
build up and to have heavy consequences. We had a terrible summer, and
this will continue. If we don't do anything, well, then - we have all
these young people behind there - what kind of future will they have?"

Transport and other public sector strikes are planned for this week in
France, following weeks of strikes in the energy industry.


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