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Opponents of a law that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 are making last-ditch plans to prevent the change

May Day is usually a worldwide celebration of labour rights, but this year’s rallies saw people walk out in outrage at their conditions including across France

People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to streets across Asia, Europe and the Americas on Monday to mark May Day, in an outpouring of worker discontent not seen since before the worldwide COVID-19 lockdowns.

Thousands marched across Paris and other French cities in what unions hoped would be one of the biggest May Day demonstrations in years. Galvanised by previous protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans, including raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, protesters marched with a sense of determination.

Protestors set fire to roads in Paris with containers pictured ablaze as police battled to contain the chaos with dozens of officers injured up and down the country

Editorial: A House of Lords report is right to demand action to restore lost possibilities to the under-30s

A new novel by French President Emmanuel Macron's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire – containing one breathlessly erotic passage that has gone viral – has forced the government to explain how he finds the time for such a project in a period of economic trouble for so many.

France was gripped by widespread May Day protests on Monday as unions joined forces to call for “tidal wave” street marches to force the government to repeal an unpopular pensions law that was rammed through parliament by decree.

More than 100 police officers were injured after an outbreak of violence at pension protests in France, the interior ministry has said.