Thousands join Mélenchon protest in Paris against Macron´s labour reforms
(The Guardian France)

Hard-left leader accuses president of throwing away postwar social gainsThousands of demonstrators heeded a call by the hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon to demonstrate their opposition to the government´s labour law reforms.The leader of La France Insoumise (Unbowed France) claimed that 150,000 people were at Place de la République to hear him say: `You are the pride and honour of a country that will not stand and be insulted ... it was the people who beat the kings, the Nazis ... We are here to defend the republic.` Continue reading...