Protesters in Bordeaux take part in a national strike against a government reform bill that would raise the retirement age to 62 on Sept. 23. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's support of the bill has been unpopular. In the above poster, the slogan across his face reads, "Is this man dangerous?"
Demonstrators march against a government retirement reform bill on Sully Bridge during a one-day national strike on Sept. 23 in Paris. Police and union organizers dramatically differed in their estimations of the size of the protests; union leaders suggested 300,000 participated, while police said only 65,000 marched through Paris.
Union members on the march in Marseille on Sept. 23.
Protesters in Paris on Sept. 23.
A poster of French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and Labor Minister Éric Woerth reads, "You work because they don't do anything," in Paris on Sept. 23.
Protesters march through Paris on Sept. 23.
Cafe goers watch protesters march by on Sept. 23.
Protesters in costume take part in a one-day general strike on Sept. 23 in Strasbourg.
A protester holds a placard reading "I also want a pension" on Sept. 23 in Paris.
French protesters hold flares aloft on Sept. 23 in Marseille.
People hold brooms reading, "60 brooms, not a single one more" in a demonstration on Sept. 23 in Lille. ("Broom" means "year" in French slang).
Stickers reading "I, Class Struggle" line the streets as people march through Paris during a demonstration on Sept. 23, against a proposed pension reform bill. Paris police and union organizers dramatically differed in their estimations of the size of the protests; union leaders suggested 300,000 participated, while police said only 65,000 marched through Paris.
People march near La Bastille square in Paris on Sept. 23.
