France, March 8 -- The morning after the sixth day of nationwide demonstrations against the government's pension reform plans, the French daily papers attempt to sort out what happened on Tuesday, and suggest what might happen next.

With at least 1.28 million demonstrators in cities and towns across France, Tuesday was the most significant show of popular force since 1995.

'Deliberate deafness'

Centrist daily Le Monde points out that the official participation in the sixth day of protest was marginally higher than the 1.27 million estimated by the police for the last national day of action against pension reform, on 31 January.

The trade union organisers of the demonstrations claim that 3.5 million people took part in Tuesday's protes...