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A group of protesters entered offices of stockmarket operator Euronext in Paris' La Defense business district on Thursday, saying big companies must pay up to finance pensions.

Unionists and protesters hold flags and banners in front of the headquarters of the Pan-European stock exchange Euronext, during a protest action a month after the government pushed an unpopular pensions reform act through parliament, in La Defense district, near Paris, on April 20, 2023.

"We are told that there is no money to finance pensions," said Sud-Rail unionist Fabien Villedieu. But there is"no need to get the money from the pockets of workers, there is some in the pockets of billionaires." Waving union flags, the group of 200 to 300 protesters briefly occupied Euronext's lobby, engulfed in red smoke from flares, and chanted words popular with pension protesters:"We are here, we are here, even if Macron does not want it we are here."Macron signed into law at the weekend a rise in the retirement age which means citizens must work two years longer, to 64, before receiving their state pension.

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