A striking employee of Roissy airport holds a French CGT labour union flag during a demonstration against the labour reforms law at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Roissy, near Paris, France, June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
PARIS (Reuters) - France's government said on Wednesday that trade unions could hold a protest march in Paris after earlier telling police to ban the demonstration, reversing course under fire from union bosses and dissenters in the ruling Socialist Party.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said he had personally ordered the ban but then decided to allow the protest on Thursday after an emergency meeting with the unions at which a compromise was reached on where the rally could be held.
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