Turnout halved at French pension protest marches - ministry

PARIS (Reuters) - Turnout at union-led French demonstrations against pension reform more than halved on Thursday compared with a week earlier, according to interior ministry estimates.

The ministry said that, nationwide, 187,000 people had marched on Thursday, including 23,000 in Paris. That compared with 452,000 people, including 56,000 in Paris, on Thursday Jan 9.