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Newly elected CGT union secretary general Sophie Binet speaks to reporters after meeting with French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, Wednesday, April 5, 2023 in Paris. French trade unions called on French people to take massively to the streets Thursday after what they called a "failure" of talks with the prime minister. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French PM, unions meeting fails ahead of pension protests

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French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech as he meets the French community, in Beijing, China, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Macron will have to muster all his diplomatic adeptness and political acumen on a three-day state visit to China where the war in Ukraine will be front and center. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Macron in China urges ‘shared responsibility for peace’

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French President Emmanuel Macron waits for European Commission president Ursula van der Leyen before a working lunch, Monday, April 3, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. The two leaders will travel to China later this week. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Macron heads to China for delicate talks on Ukraine, trade

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Seattle Mariners' Ty France watches his double to center field against the Cleveland Guardians during the sixth inning during an opening day baseball game Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Pitch clock sparks Mariners rally for 3-0 win over Guardians

By Tim Booth - Associated Press

A display of the Olympic rings is set up on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote in Lima, Peru, awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. A proposed French law for the 2024 Paris Olympics that critics contend will open the door for privacy busting video surveillance technology in France and elsewhere in Europe faces an important hurdle Tuesday March 28, 2023 with lawmakers set to vote on it. The bill would legalize the temporary use of so-called "intelligent" surveillance systems to safeguard the Games and Paralympics. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Lawmakers vote on Paris Olympic law with surveillance fears

By John Leicester - Associated Press

People march during a demonstration Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Paris. Protests are taking place in France on Tuesday. It's the latest round of nationwide demonstrations and strikes against unpopular pension reforms and President Emmanuel Macron's push to raise France's legal retirement age from 62 to 64. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Protests over higher retirement age grip France as teachers, rail workers join garbage collectors

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Former member of a Italian left-wing terrorist group Marina Petrella, second left, arrives at Paris's courthouse in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. France's top court has ruled Tuesday March 28, 2023 against extraditing 10 former far-left Italian militants who were convicted for attacks carried out in the 1970s and 1980s. The two women and eight men fled Italy after their convictions and before they could be sent to prison. Now ranging in age from 62 to 79, they have lived freely in France for decades. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

French court refuses to extradite Italian former militants

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Protesters march during a rally in Paris, on March 23, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron has ignited a firestorm of anger with unpopular pension reforms that he rammed through parliament. Young people, some of them first-time demonstrators, are joining protests against him. Violence is also picking up. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

In Macron’s France, streets and fields seethe with protest

By John Leicester - Associated Press

A protester kicks a tear gas canister in front of the Opera at the end of a rally in Paris, Thursday, march 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Protests continue in France; British king’s visit postponed

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Dock workers stand in front of a burning barricade next the port of Marseille southern France, Wednesday, March 22, 2023.The bill pushed through by President Emmanuel Macron without lawmakers' approval still faces a review by the Constitutional Council before it can be signed into law. Meanwhile, oil shipments in the country were disrupted amid strikes at several refineries in western and southern France. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

1 million march in France, unions call new pension protests

By Sylvie Corbet and Alexander Turnbull - Associated Press

Protesters shield with umbrellas as they scuffle with riot police during rally in Nantes, western France, Thursday, March 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

No red carpet? French unrest impacts King Charles III’s trip

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

PSG's Kylian Mbappe applauds fans at the end of the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Rennes at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Sunday, March 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) **FILE**

Europe’s top teams look to rebound at Euro 2024 qualifying

By James Robson - Associated Press

People stage a protest against the retirement bill in Paris, Monday, March 20, 2023. France's government is fighting for its survival Monday against no-confidence motions filed by lawmakers who are furious that President Emmanuel Macron used special constitutional powers to force through an unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 without giving them a vote. Les Invalides in background. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

French government fights to survive 2 no-confidence motions

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A man looks at a fire set by protesters in Marseille, southern France, Monday, March 20, 2023. The French government has survived two no-confidence votes in the lower chamber of parliament, proposed by lawmakers who objected to its push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

French government survives no-confidence votes over pensions

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A woman holds a placard depicting French President Emmanuel Macron sitting on garbage cans that reads, "king of trash" during a protest in Paris, Friday, March 17, 2023. Protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to force a bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote disrupted traffic, garbage collection and university campuses in Paris as opponents of the change maintained their resolve to get the government to back down. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly) **FILE**

Macron’s leadership at risk amid tensions over pension plan

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Garbage is set on fire by protesters after a demonstration near Concorde square, in Paris, Thursday, March 16, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron has shunned parliament and imposed a highly unpopular change to the nation's pension system, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Protests erupt in France over Macron’s retirement age push

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shares hands with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Friday, March 10, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meet for a summit aimed at mending relations following post-Brexit tensions, as well as improving military and business ties and toughening efforts against Channel migrant crossings. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French, British leaders meet in efforts to mend relations

By Sylvie Corbet and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Oil workers gather at the Donges oil refinery, western France, Friday, March 10, 2023 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 with the aim to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years. The move comes after more than a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across France this week as train and metro drivers, refineries workers and others have started open-ended strikes against the centrist government's plan. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

Macron insists pension reform is needed, despite protests

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A woman walks past "No retirement at 64" posters in Saint Pee sur Nivelle, southwestern France, Monday, March 6, 2023. Unions are threatening to shut France's economy down this week in what they hope is their toughest riposte yet to President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

France on strike: Unions say ‘non’ to higher pension age

By Sylvie Corbet, Nicolas Garriga and Jade Le Deley - Associated Press

An elderly woman walks past graffitis reading"You want to work until death? Join resistance, General Strike on March 7" in Strasbourg eastern France, Sunday, March 5, 2023. The government is bracing for the biggest disruptions Tuesday, March 7, 2023 when strikes are expected across multiple sectors and protests are planned in cities across France against the retirement bill. The reform, which would raise the official pension age from 62 to 64 (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Unions vow to shut France’s economy down amid pension battle

By Angela Charlton and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press