PARIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of public sector workers marched through Paris and other French cities on Thursday to demand better pay in the first street challenge to President Francois Hollande's deficit cuts since he was elected last May.
Under pressure to curb spending and reduce a debt swollen by the economic downturn, Hollande's Socialist government has refused to lift a public sector pay freeze imposed by his conservative predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, in 2010.
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