- Title: Crowds take to streets in Nantes on day of nationwide pension reform protests
- Date: 17th December 2019
- Summary: NANTES, FRANCE (DECEMBER 17, 2019) (REUTERS) PROTESTER AT ANTI-PENSION REFORM PROTEST HOLDING FLARE BOWLING GAME WITH FACES OF FRENCH MINISTERS AND OF PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON VARIOUS OF CROWD OF UNION PROTESTERS NEXT TO NANTES CASTLE MUSICIANS PLAYING BRASS INSTRUMENTS AT PROTEST FEMINIST PROTESTERS IN SOLIDARITY WITH PENSION DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING SIGN READING (French): "AS MUCH AS WE HAVE TO" PROTESTERS IN COSTUMES PLAYING DRUMS VARIOUS OF ANTI-VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PROTESTERS SINGING PROTEST SONG IN SOLIDARITY WITH PENSION DEMONSTRATORS PROTESTERS IN MEDICAL UNIFORMS PROTEST SIGN FOR HIGH SCHOOL PROTESTERS UNION PROTESTERS WITH FLAGS
- Embargoed: 31st December 2019 10:32
- Keywords: Macron Nantes pension reforms protests
- Location: NANTES, FRANCE
- City: NANTES, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Lawmaking,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001BAD7BRB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in the western French city of Nantes on Tuesday (December 17) in continuing protests against President Emmanuel Macron's proposed plan of pension reforms.
Striking workers from major workers' union CGT, high school students, feminist activists and others peacefully marched next to Nantes' historic castle to oppose the reforms.
The protest in Nantes is part of a series of actions set to unfold across France on Tuesday as unions try to bring new momentum to the general strike that began almost two weeks ago and has crippled France's public transport network.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters turned out for the first day of protests on Dec. 5.
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