Millions march in France as unions threaten broad shutdown

Tough stand: Protesters on top of a sculpture as they demonstrate against the French government's pension reform plan. Macron has shown little sign that he’ll back down and says that the unions must not impeded the life of the rest of the country. — Reuters

PARIS: French labour unions threaten to bring the nation to “a halt” in March as the number of protesters against government pension reform swells to about one million.

On the fourth day of action against the pension overhaul, which includes increasing the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62, 963,000 people joined street demonstrations around France, according to government figures.