21-09-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com

Turnout down in second French protest against Macron's labour reforms

Protesters demonstrated Thursday against an imminent overhaul of France's labour laws but in far lower numbers than organisers hoped, just days before President Emmanuel Macron's flagship reforms enter the statute books.The interior ministry estimated the crowds at 132,000 across France, just over half the numbers who took part last week in the first major street protests organised by trade unions since Macron was elected in May.The 39-year-old centrist president is certain to welcome Thursday's
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