March called by CGTP, the country's main trades union confederation, comes a day after a national strike by civil servants in support of higher wages.
Doctors, teachers, lawyers, and train drivers hit by cost-of-living crisis stage walkout to mark biggest single day of industrial action since a wave of unrest began last year.
Unions say they will only call off strikes in the next few weeks if offers are made to resolve the disputes over this year's pay settlement, but the government only wants to negotiate pay rises for next year.
Britain experiences a wave of industrial action including those from nurses, postal workers, and university lecturers.
Teachers, nurses, and railway employees, among others, have also staged or planned industrial action to demand higher pay in light of the soaring cost of living.
Rail workers and others in the public and private sector joined fuel workers who have been striking for three weeks over the cost of living and oil firms’ inflated profits.
Trade unions representing fuel workers in France have been demanding wage increases to stave off increasing living costs.
The founder of children's charity Arche, Bernd Siggelkow, says the state’s support program for unemployed parents and poor families is not enough to meet basic needs.
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced his resignation on Thursday, paving the way for the possibility of early elections and the far-right seizing power.
Jean-Luc Melenchon, the French far-left presidential candidate, has become a kingmaker, coming third in the first round. If Macron is cold-shouldered by Melenchon's supporters, far-right Le Pen might have a chance to snatch a victory.
Russia's defence ministry said all its troops returned home after completing their assigned tasks.
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