Paris' police clash with protesters demanding President Emmanuel Macron resign over controversial pension reforms.

Protests and strikes are underway in France amid growing anger at President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.

Police in Paris, tear-gassed streets and arrested hundreds of protesters after they took the streets of the capital for a second night and gathered at Place de la Concorde to voice against President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to implement pension reforms without a vote in the lower house of parliament.

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French protesters have blocked a key highway around the capital Paris and ramped up industrial action in protest at the government's contentious pension reform.

French police intervene to clear demonstrators from a central Paris square where thousands have gather in front of parliament to protest President Emmanuel Macron's pensions reform.

A final version of the French government's controversial pension reform that since the start of the year has set off massive protests and strikes in France is to be put to a vote in both houses of the French parliament.