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After Weeks Of Riots, France's Thursday General Strike Forces Macron's PM To Blink

After Weeks Of Riots, France's Thursday General Strike Forces Macron's PM To Blink France's nationwide strike put 575,000 people in the streets on Thursday by the Interior Ministry's count, topping the 550,000 it counted on Oct. 17, when protests in several cities turned into riots and looting. France's major labor union, the CGT, claimed close to 1.6 million, France 24 reports. After the marches, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called unions and employers to Matignon on Monday for talks on wages and the cost of living. French police clash with protesters in Lyon on day of natio