Strike cripples French public transport for 4th day
A protester sits next to a placard reading 'Marcon is a destroyer of workers' during a rally organised by several environmental movements in Paris today. – AFP pic, December 8, 2019.
PUBLIC transport in France was crippled for a fourth day today as the government prepared to respond to anger over pension reforms that brought hundreds of thousands onto the streets as workers embarked on open-ended protest. President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and senior cabinet ministers are scheduled to hold a “working meeting” late today to discuss a government scheme which the country’s powerful labour unions claim will force many to work longer for a smaller retirement payout.
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