PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government faced a showdown with angry trade unions on Tuesday as thousands prepared to march against plans to raise the minimum retirement age to 62.
Labour leaders have called on all public and private sector workers to observe a one-day stoppage and to attend one of the 190 protest rallies organised around the country.
Turnout will be closely scrutinised -- and probably subject to dispute -- as a measure of the level of opposition to Sarkozy's pension reform bill, which will go before parliament for debate in the course of the day.
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