Massive Protests, Strikes Continue as Opposition Digs In Against French Pension Reform

Adeline Lefebvre was scrunched up next to a newsstand as a swelling crowd of demonstrators pushed past her at the Place de la Bastille — the iconic Paris square that earned its fame from French Revolution days. Rock music blared and the gigantic balloons of the leftist CGT trade union bobbed in the air on this ninth day of nationwide strikes and protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform. Lefebvre, 58, a secretary who began working at 17, has been at every one. "Macron needs to understand things aren't working out," she said of the widespread opposition to his plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. "We need to sta
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