Macron returns to more protests in France on eve of pensions ruling

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Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across France on Thursday, with trade unionists and strikers briefly storming into the Paris headquarters of the luxury goods company LVMH, in a fresh round of protests against Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plans to raise the minimum pension age from 62 to 64.

You're looking for money to finance pensions? Take it from the pockets of billionaires," said the Sud Rail trade unionist Fabien Villedieu, as the LVMH headquarters filled with red smoke from flares. The luxury group, whose brands include Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, is owned by Bernard Arnault, the world's richest person, whose fortune exceeds $200bn (160bn).