More than nine million people took part in a national day of action in France in protest against proposed labour reforms on 9 March. That movement in turn saw the rise of the Nuit Debout occupations, beginning in Paris's Place de la République. Nuit Debout roughly translates as rise up at night and has been compared to the occupied movement. Alastair Thompson is a freelance journalist currently based in France.
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