The figures vary: unions estimate that protests brought together 900,000 people, while the Ministry of the Interior records 281,000. Photo: AP.

The fourteenth day of mobilizations in five months against the pension reform approved by President Macron brought together hundreds of thousands of protesters across France on Tuesday.

The figures vary: unions estimate that protests brought together 900,000 people, while the Ministry of the Interior records 281,000.

The controversial reform, validated by the president, increases the retirement age from 62 to 64.

Tuesday's data reflects the loss of support from unions, which acknowledged it. The majority CFDT reported that this would be the last day of protests "in this format."

In addition, protests in the main cities registered less affluence than in other demonstrations. In Paris, the police prefecture registered 31,000 participants (down from 37,15 on March 16 and February 300); the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) union reported 000,<>, the same figure reached twice during the winter.

The French government mobilized more than 11,000 police, of whom 4,000 were deployed in Paris.

There were clashes and acts of sabotage in which the most radical groups of the mobilization, the "black blocs", were involved.

Clashes also took place in Lyon, Toulouse, Nantes and Renne.

In the capital, one officer was injured, street furniture was damaged and police reported 28 arrests.

The unions will be waiting for what the National Assembly decides next Thursday, when an opposition bill calling for the repeal of the increase in the legal retirement age will be debated.

However, pro-Macron parties are maneuvering to avoid the vote.

Since January, protests by French unions and youth have become the country's largest social mobilization so far this century.

(With information from La Jornada)