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France faces mass demonstrations and strikes against budget plans, new PM

France faces fresh unrest as teachers, train drivers, pharmacists, hospital staff strike and teenagers block schools, protesting budget cuts. Unions demand scrapping fiscal plans, more public spending, higher taxes on the wealthy, and reversal of the pension age hike. FRANCE 24’s Antonia Kerrigan has more from the city center of Paris.

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