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Le Pen lifting retirement age is key to French bond yields, RBC BlueBay strategist says

Le Pen lifting retirement age is key to French bond yields, RBC BlueBay strategist says

By Leigh Thomas and Gabriel Stargardter PARIS, Oct 8 (Reuters) - How far French borrowing costs rise will depend on whether presidential candidates, above all far-right frontrunner Marine Le Pen, commit to raising the retirement age, RBC BlueBay Asset Management's head of market strategy told
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France suspends use of stun grenades to police student protests

France suspends use of stun grenades to police student protests

By Nicolas Delame and Makini Brice PARIS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The French government said on Wednesday it was pausing the use of stun grenades in its policing of student protests after a 15-year-old boy's hand was blown off during a clash with riot police.
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France braces for day of school blockades and street protests

France braces for day of school blockades and street protests

By Inti Landauro PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - France braced on Tuesday for a day of nationwide high-school blockades and trade union-led street protests in support of students demanding that President Emmanuel Macron's cash-strapped government tackle understaffed and dilapidated schools.
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Students and teachers march in France on biggest day of high school protests

Students and teachers march in France on biggest day of high school protests

By Inti Landauro PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Students, teachers and parents marched in cites across France on Tuesday and protesters blockaded hundreds of schools, in the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations demanding the government tackle understaffed and dilapidated classrooms.
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Factbox-French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's main budget proposals

Factbox-French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's main budget proposals

PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen, of the far-right National Rally, on Tuesday presented her main budget proposals ahead of next year's election. Below is a list of her main economic priorities.
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Police fire teargas as French school protests cause 'heaviest toll in decades'

Police fire teargas as French school protests cause 'heaviest toll in decades'

By Tilman Blasshofer, Cecile Mantovani and Lucien Libert STRASBOURG/LYON/PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas at protesters outside French high schools on Tuesday as students, teachers and parents took to the streets on the biggest day of what Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu described as
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School protests sweeping France cause 'heaviest toll in decades'

School protests sweeping France cause 'heaviest toll in decades'

By Tilman Blasshofer, Cecile Mantovani and Lucien Libert STRASBOURG/LYON/PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Demonstrations swept across France on Tuesday as teachers and parents took to the streets with high school pupils on the biggest day of what Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu described as the most
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Le Pen eyes bond markets with promise of bigger spending cuts if far right wins presidency

Le Pen eyes bond markets with promise of bigger spending cuts if far right wins presidency

By Michel Rose and Leigh Thomas PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Marine Le Pen pledged sharply steeper cuts to spending if she wins French presidential elections next year in a signal to jittery bond markets the far-right leader is serious about reining in France's burgeoning debt pile.
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Protesting pupils blockade French high schools again, testing a weekslong movement

Protesting pupils blockade French high schools again, testing a weekslong movement

Protesting students have blockaded high schools again, demanding more resources for the school system
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Le Pen eyes bond markets with bigger spending cuts pledge if far right win presidential vote

Le Pen eyes bond markets with bigger spending cuts pledge if far right win presidential vote

By Michel Rose and Leigh Thomas PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Marine Le Pen sharply increased her plans to slash spending if she wins next year's French presidential election, an announcement designed to establish the far right's fiscal credentials as tensions rise in the bond market.
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Police fire teargas at French protesters on biggest day of school demonstrations

Police fire teargas at French protesters on biggest day of school demonstrations

By Tilman Blasshofer, Cecile Mantovani and Lucien Libert STRASBOURG/LYON/PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas at protesters blockading French high schools on Tuesday as students, teachers and parents took to the streets on the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations against