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Macron’s favourite restaurant set on fire, participation dwindles in French pension protests Protesters in Paris briefly set fire to President Emmanuel Macron’s favourite restaurant Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for an 11th day of demonstrations against the president’s deeply unpopular pension reform. Violence also flared in others French cities, including Rennes and Nantes, but overall protest participation dwindled. Read our live blog below to follow the day’s events as they unfolded.