A general view shows the Place de la Bastille square as French labour unions employees attend a demonstration against plans to reform French labour laws near in Paris, France, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators marched under massive police surveillance in Paris on Thursday to try to force the government to drop its labour reforms but President Francois Hollande said he would pursue the plan "to the finishing line".
Protesters - whose numbers were put at 20,000 by police but three times that many by organisers - chanted "Scrap, scrap, the labour reform!" as they marched around the capital's Place de la Bastille square, hemmed in by large numbers of riot police.
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