Thousands of people from different sectors of public life rallied at Gare du Nord and Gare de l’Est on Thursday afternoon to begin a mass demonstration against President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform.
Trade unions mobilised en masse across France on Thursday against the government's divisive pension reform project. Protesters included transport workers’ unions, teachers’ unions, hospital worker unions and student unions.
The protest began in Gare du Nord with fireworks and smoke inside the historic train station as 200 protesters came through the station.
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