More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday, with 119,000 in Paris, according to figures from the interior ministry. He is scheduled to be in the southwest city of Bordeaux on that day, where fire engulfed the front door of the town hall on Thursday evening after a day of protests and clashes. The unrest followed the government's decision to force the legislation to raise the pension age through the lower house of parliament - where it lacks an absolute majority - without a vote