Protestors and French labour union workers, attend a demonstration against the French labour law proposal in Paris, France, as part of a nationwide labor reform protest, March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
PARIS (Reuters) - French students and trade unions staged protest marches across the country on Wednesday against far-reaching labour reforms, testing President Francois Hollande's mettle as he tries to lower an unemployment rate still stuck above 10 percent.
Organisers said hundreds of thousands of people took part and the interior ministry put the figure at 224,000, though that is less than in some previous nationwide demonstrations in France - a possible sign that unions are struggling to mobilise public anger against Hollande's unpopular Socialist government.
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