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French pension protests turnout falls to 570,000 nationwide: ministry

Around 570,000 people demonstrated against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms across France Thursday, 57,000 of them in Paris, the interior ministry said, in a count sharply lower than previous weeks' protests.

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French pension protests turnout falls to 570,000 nationwide: ministry

Around 570,000 people demonstrated against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms across France Thursday, 57,000 of them in Paris, the interior ministry said, in a count sharply lower than previous weeks' protests.

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French pension protests turnout falls to 570,000 nationwide: ministry

Authorities had counted 740,000 nationwide on March 28, including 93,000 in Paris, in figures consistently below tallies from unions who have coordinated strikes and demonstrations.

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French pension protests turnout falls to 570,000 nationwide: ministry