Demonstrators and police officers clashed in Paris during a protest calling for the reversal of Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform.
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Protesters were seen pushing what appeared to be a trailer into a fire and setting it alight, moments before police officers charged at the crowds. Trade unions, who called for nationwide protests on Tuesday, have been fighting the French president's bill since January, with strikes and protests that have at times descended into violence. The widely unpopular bill, that will raise the retirement by two years to 64, was approved in April.
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