Demonstrators take part in a union-led protest for higher wages, better public services and the canceling of the pension reform in Saint-Denis de la Reunion on the French overseas Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on October 1, 2024. Since the beginning of September 2024, another French overseas island, Martinique, has been in the grip of a widespread protest against the high cost of living. At the heart of the criticism is dock dues, a tax on imported goods that has become essential to the financing of local authorities in the French overseas territories, and whose impact on prices exists but remains limited. (Photo by Richard BOUHET / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD BOUHET/AFP via Getty Images)