More than 1 million people took part in protests against the pension reform in France

This is reported by the publication Le Monde with reference to the French Ministry of the Interior.

"The Interior Ministry counted 1.089 million demonstrators in France on Thursday," the report said.

As it became known earlier, in Paris, protesters smash shop windows and burn garbage.

On March 20, the National Assembly of France rejected a vote of no confidence in the government of the republic due to the pension reform, put forward by the faction of Marine Le Pen's party "National Rally". Before that, another vote put forward by the opposition group LIOT was rejected.

On March 16, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Bourne announced the adoption of a law that increases the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. The law was passed bypassing a vote in the lower house of parliament.