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The port of Calais is slowing down as part of the "dead ports" day launched by the CGT union to fight against the French government's pension reform. IMAGES
Firefighters are working to bring a fire under control in an empty building belonging to the Mutualite Sociale Agricole (MSA), an agricultural welfare centre, in Narbonne, southern France, which was partially engulfed by flames during a farmers' demonstration. IMAGES
The head of French union Young Farmers Arnaud Gaillot said blockading Paris would be a "last resort", but urged the government to avoid "paralysing the country". Standing alongside the union FNSEA, Gaillot asserts that "the ball is in the government's court" whom it urged to avoid "paralysing the country". French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is due to make "concrete proposals" on Friday, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. SOUNDBITE
Demonstrators burn garbage bins after President Emmanuel Macron delivered a televised address to the nation on his controversial pension reform IMAGES
Protestors invade the streets of Paris after France's constitutional court approved the key elements of President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. IMAGES