Over 1 mln protest against pension reform in France

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Over 1 mln protest against pension reform in France

STORY: Over 1 mln protest against pension reform in France DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:08 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of protesters against pension reform 2. SOUNDBITE (French): JEAN-MARC DANIEL, French economist 3. various of rubbish on the streets of Paris STORYLINE: Over 1 million people in France joined nationwide protests on Thursday, rejecting the government's proposed pension reform bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, the French ministry of the interior said on Thursday evening. However, France's largest union, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) said that some 3.5 million people had taken part in the demonstration nationwide. Thursday's events marked the 9th nationwide general mobilization action since French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne last week triggered an article of the constitution that allowed the government to force passage of the pension reform bill. A French economist says the pension reform will not pose danger to the s

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