French Unions Vow to Fight On After Fewer Join Pension Protest
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Protesters hold a banner reading '60 years max', during a march in Toulouse on Feb. 2.
Photographer: Valentine Cchapuis/AFP/Getty Images
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French labor unions pledged to keep up the pressure on President Emmanuel Macron to drop an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age after Tuesday saw a marked drop in the number of people turning out to protest the reform.
Around 757,000 took part in a third day of marches across the country, down from at least 1.27 million on Jan. 31, according to numbers from the Interior Ministry. Participation in a general strike was also lower.