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sentences that state something as happening or true
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French protesters chant against inflation and police
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Protesters waved the French flag from the top of a Paris statue on Nov 14, as demonstrators across France vented a broad range of frustrations from the rising cost of living to opposition to a new police Bill.
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The European Union’s second-largest economy has been gripped by high-school blockades and demonstrations demanding better wages for more than a month, before presidential elections in 2027 to replace Emmanuel Macron.
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economy → grip → Macron
Some of the largely peaceful rallies have seen fringe violence, as well as accusations of police brutality, including against young teenagers.
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“No justice, no peace,” a protester shouted into a megaphone on the capital’s Republique square on Nov 14 afternoon, as people took to the streets for the fifth Saturday in a row.
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Yellow Vest movement member Benjamin Ball was among several thousands of protesters in Paris, who also included students, unions and rights activists.
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“The government has only given us crumbs, and we want the whole bakery,” he said.
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Adrien, a 20-year-old cello player who came as part of a volunteer orchestra, said the focus of the day was a new Bill in Parliament to give police who use their weapons a presumption of legitimate self-defence.
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“We’re scared when we come to a protest, and this will only make us even more afraid if their impunity is strengthened,” he said, after tear gas fell on a similar group of protesting musicians in October.
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‘Licence to kill’
Backers of the new police Bill – including the far-right party of leading presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen – say a new law is necessary to avoid law enforcement officers being automatically suspected of using disproportionate force.
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Activists argue it would amount to a “licence to kill”.
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They say it would make holding security forces accountable even harder in a country where cases of alleged police brutality rarely reach a criminal court.
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Kenza, 28, was among thousands marching in the southern city of Toulouse.
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“The repression of protesters is unacceptable – even more so when they are children,” said the asylum law specialist who did not want to give her surname.
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Lawyers earlier in November said police violence at recent protests led to “mutilations” including hand, foot and eye injuries.
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Around 146,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Nov 7, according to the authorities, far lower numbers than on previous weekends.
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people → take → weekends
The largest protests in recent weeks occurred during a union-led strike on Nov 5, when more than half a million people took to the streets nationwide, according to official figures.
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people → occur → figures
Unions have called for a new day of strikes on Nov 17, after rejecting a government promise to increase the minimum wage by 0.6% as “crumbs”.
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