French police say turnout in pension protests shrinking

About 615,000 people took part in protests across France on Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron's planned pension reform, police said, a significant decline in turnout in previous protests. The number of protesters given by police compared to 806,000 who turned out on Dec. 5, the first major day of anti-pension protests, and the 339,000 who took part on the second big protest day on Dec. 10.

Organizers had predicted a big turnout on Tuesday as all major trade unions were joining together to organize marches.