Most trains were halted, power generation curbed and classes cancelled in the sixth day of nationwide protests. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - Labour unions will seek to bring France to a standstill on Tuesday, as they step up their fight against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to make the French work two years more, to 64, before they can retire with a pension.
“People massively reject this reform,” French Democratic Confederation of Labour union leader Laurent Berger told France Inter radio. “The future of our pension system is at stake,” Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told France 5 TV on Monday. “I can understand that not many people want to work two more years, but it’s necessary to ensure the viability of the system.”
Still, it is unclear whether the changes will be approved by parliament, or if the government will have to ram them through by decree using special constitutional powers.
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