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France: Pressure builds as thousands march

THOUSANDS of French workers took to the streets yesterday in continuing protests against EU-prescribed government attacks on their rights.

The march against the so-called El Khomri labour reform law proceeded under the watchful gaze of a heavy police presence.

It came a day before Prime Minister Manuel Valls was due to meet leaders of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and Workers’ Force (FO), France’s third largest union confederation, over the contentious Bill which has sparked months of mass protests and crippling strikes.

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