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Thousands flood the streets of Paris to protest against soaring prices

Demonstrators take part in a protest by New Ecologic and Social People's Union (NUPES), a coalition of left and green parties, against soaring inflation and what they call a lack of government action to fight climate change, in Paris, France on Sunday.

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Bridget Lepere

16 October 2022, 20:35 [SAST]

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Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris today to protest against soaring prices.

This as weeks of strikes for higher wages at oil refineries spurred demands for a general strike.

Four unions have called for strikes and protests on Tuesday for wage increases.

The unions also called for protests to help protect the right to strike, after the government ordered the requisitioning of some oil refinery workers, a move seen by unions as a violation of their constitutional rights.