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> Like many others in this sleepy town of under 15,000, Patrick said protests against the government's planned pension overhaul would need to "Harden" to have any chance of succeeding.

> Nestled in a rural region roughly 120 kilometres south of Paris, Montargis has witnessed its biggest rallies in living memory since the start of an increasingly bitter battle over pension reform, with the number of protesters peaking at around 4,000 - equivalent to almost a third of the local population - on March 7.

> She described the rallies against pension reform as a "New phenomenon" in a region unaccustomed to street protests.

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