PARIS, June 17 ― French police fired tear gas after being pelted with objects during a Paris demonstration yesterday led by thousands of healthcare workers demanding more investment in the health system. Doctors, nurses and administrative staff marched without incident in the capital and other...
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Doctors, nurses and administrative staff marched without incident in the capital and other French cities to demand the government keep its promise to overhaul France's hospital system in response to the coronavirus crisis. There were clashes between the police and demonstrators in the northern city of Lille, in Nantes and Toulouse in southern France.
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