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Poland has been trying to make light of labour disputes with France in recent weeks (Photo: Polish tourist office)

Polish workers hurl protests at French embassy

Between 500 and 800 Polish workers marked Bastille Day (14 July) by throwing missiles at the French embassy in Warsaw and shouting protests about the behaviour of French investors in Poland.

The demonstration was largely peaceful, with the workers stopping to observe the two minutes' silence for the London dead at 13:00 CET, but later burning an image of the Paris Bastille building outside the French mission, PAP and Rzeczpospolita report.

Meanwhile, French diplomats enjoyed a p...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Poland has been trying to make light of labour disputes with France in recent weeks (Photo: Polish tourist office)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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