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Protests against the government's pension reform proposal have been going on in France for three months, making it the largest demonstration of the year. Some protesters even clashed with police.

In Paris, Kwak Sang was covered by correspondents.

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Angry protesters vandalize parked cars.

Garbage cans on the road were engulfed in flames, and tear gas exploded by police blanketed the street in a haze of smoke.

Yesterday (7th) local time, protesters took to the streets in Paris, France, against the government's pension reform proposal, clashed with police.

This is already the sixth national rally against pension reform.

Protesters criticized the government's reform proposals as neither just nor fair.

[Bruno/protesters: The government's pension reform proposal is particularly manual workers, those who started working at an early age, and women workers.]

Yesterday's rally was held simultaneously in more than 6 locations across the country, with an estimated 200.128 million people from the government and an estimated 300 million from unions.

It's the largest rally against pension reform this year.

[Norwen/protesters: The government's pension reform proposal is meant to address the financial shortfall, there are other ways to force workers to make sacrifices.]

Protests in France against a pension reform bill that would extend the retirement age from 62 to 64 have been going on for three months, and the protests are expected to intensify this month when the bill is due to be passed by the National Assembly.

France's eight major unions have vowed to "stop France" if the government does not withdraw the reforms, signaling additional massive strikes and rallies throughout the month.

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