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Protests break out in France as government seeks to overhaul pensions
France is seeing prolonged protests in the face of President Emmanuel Macron’s attempt to overhaul the nation’s pension system. Macron has promised to make the system less complicated and fairer, but a number of unions argue that the changes would represent a reduction in pensions. As a result,