French govt, unions trade barbs in strike deadlock
Travellers at the Gare de Lyon train station during a general strike in Paris, France, on Friday. Aside from two driverless lines, the Paris metro is again almost completely shut down today while only a fraction of high-speed TGV trains are running. – EPA pic, December 29, 2019.
THE French government and a key trade union today exchanged bitter accusations over who was to blame for France’s over three-week transport strike against pension reforms, as the stalemate showed little sign of relenting. Deputy Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari accused the hard-line CGT union of a “systematic opposition to any reform” while the union’s chief Philippe Martinez charged the government with strewing “chaos” in the conflict.
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