Gilles, 44 ans, agent hospitalier : « je manifeste aujourd’hui parce que les hopitaux publics sont en dangers, le service public va deperir. Bientot il faudra une CB pour se faire soigner, on va vers un système a l’americaine. » Portraits of 51 of the 350,000 protestors (according to unions, 85,000 according to police), who marched in Paris during a day-long strike meant to send a warning to President Nicolas Sarkozy to better defend jobs and buying power despite the global economic crisis. About three million demonstrated across France. Paris, FRANCE - 19/03/2009