France hit by fourth mass protest over pensions

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Meanwhile ministers inched towards a deal with one labour union to try to end some of the longest public sector strikes in the country’s postwar history.

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France’s leftwing trade unionists staged their fourth mass demonstration against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms on Thursday, even as ministers inched towards a deal with a moderate labour federation to try to end some of the longest public sector strikes in the country’s postwar history, reports the Financial Times.