Reuters: French pension strikes to continue Thursday, disrupting fuel supply and air travel
PARIS (Reuters) -Train and air traffic will again be disrupted in France on Thursday and garbage collection in cities including Paris will be patchy as strikes against a planned pension reform are set to enter a third consecutive day.
Opinion polls show a majority of voters oppose President Emmanuel Macron's plan to delay the retirement age by two years to 64, but the government says the policy change is essential to ensure the system does not go bust.
Workers in several sectors including oil refineries and railways continued to strike on Wednesday and plan to carry on for the rest of the week after record numbers of people took to the streets on Tuesday as part of a nationwide day of industrial action.
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WNU Editor: This is how you cripple a country .... No deliveries from TotalEnergies' French refineries due to strike (Reuters).
Update: The government is doubling down .... French Senate votes to increase retirement age to 64 (DW). More here .... French Senate votes to raise retirement age from 62 to 64 amid nationwide strikes (France 24).
French Pension Strikes To Continue Thursday
French pension reform strikes continue to disrupt fuel supplies, power output -- France24
French pension strikes continue to disrupt power output, fuel supplies -- DNYUZ/Reuters
French protesters keep up fight against pension plan in new day of strikes -- France 24
Strike Cuts Power to Olympic Village, Stade De France -- Reuters
France’s young people stand up against higher retirement age -- AP