Dancers in white tutus perform Swan Lake on the steps of a Paris opera house to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to scrap their special pension benefits
A view shows the Palais Garnier opera house with a banner that reads ''Paris opera on strike'' after 20 days of strike against pension reform plans in Paris, France, December 24, 2019
The dancers, on strike alongside public sector workers, oppose the government's plan to do away with more than 40 separate pension schemes and replace them with a single points-based system. "Despite the cold weather, the girls wanted to rise to the challenge and the musicians to accompany them."
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