Over a million people have taken to the streets in France to protest a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul, with some demonstrators clashing with police in Paris, as strikes disrupted public transport, schools and much of the civil service. Mass strikes took place across France against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to extend the retirement age.

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