Protesters marching against the French government's planned pension reform clashed with the
police in
Paris on Saturday as police fired tear gas to disperse some groups of demonstrators.
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French trade unions have spearheaded nationwide strikes since early December in an outcry over President Emmanuel Macron's pensions overhaul, disrupting schools, railways and roads, while lending support to regular protests.
On Saturday "yellow vests" - an anti-government movement that sprung up a year ago as a backlash against the high cost of living - joined a rally of several thousand people against the pensions shake-up.