Parisians protest government pension reform plan

Parisians have been protesting against the government's pension reform plans.

Tuesday’s (7 March) demonstration on the city's Left Bank was the sixth of a string of such strikes this year against the government proposals.

Plans to rise the retirement age from 62 to 64 have sparked uproar, with unions now trying to bring the country to a standstill.

Transport workers joined the strike in a move that will saw services severely reduced at local, regional and international levels.

Previous strikes in the city have seen more than one million take to the streets in a show of opposition against the plan.

The French civil aviation authority has suggested airports in the country's bigger cities should reduce their traffic by 30 per cent.

Delays and cancellations are expected.

Teachers also took part in the industrial action that forced the closure of schools.

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