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Tens of
thousands of Poles have marched through the capital, Warsaw in the last of four
days of protests against proposed labour law changes.
The
protesters demanded a higher minimum wage, greater job security and the repeal
of a law raising the retirement age to 67.
Many
carried banners calling for Prime Minister Donald Tusk to resign.
The ruling
centre-right coalition's popularity has plummeted to its lowest level since Mr
Tusk took power in 2007.
Flags and
banners
The rally
was one of the largest in Poland in recent years, bringing together people from
both the right and the left of the political spectrum.
Organisers
of the march said about 120,000 people participated, while city authorities put
the figure at 100,000.
Protesters
waved flags and blew whistles as they marched through the streets of the
capital.
Some held
banners saying "We are Coming to Get You'' and "Tusk's government
Must Go".
"We're
becoming slaves in our own country," said Marek Duda, the leader of the
right-of-centre Solidarity Union.
The BBC's
Adam Easton, in Warsaw, says the rally was not about austerity - Poland is the
only country in the European Union to have avoided a recession since the crisis
began.
But the
economy is just coming out of its worst slump in years, and the protesters say
it still lags behind its neighbours to the west.
"Of
course it's not very bad - we are not Greece, we are not Spain - but it's time
to do something reasonable in order not to become the next Greece. I think the
time is now for some changes", said Karolina, a 45-year-old teacher.
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