Thousands of people took to the streets in nationwide protests against the France’s planned pension overhaul, deepening the standoff between President Macron and the country’s unions
With just a week to go before Christmas, France was paralyzed as rail workers, air-traffic controllers, teachers and others walked off the job and joined massive demonstrations that snarled traffic in city centers. Many schools were closed, and hundreds of flights canceled.
France’s largest trade union, CFDT,...French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to overhaul his country’s pension system sparked a massive strike in France this week, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets. Photo: Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA/Shutterstock
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