What impact will the protests in France have on our holiday?
Me and my family are going to Spain on Wednesday, by coach. We’re taking a ferry from Dover to Calais, and driving through France to get into Spain. What impact will the current protests have on our trip? Will we still be able to go? Do you think the protests will have ended by Wednesday? [...]
FRANCE: French unions call new pension protests
Several French unions have agreed to stage further nationwide protests on November 23, but cracks have appeared in the unions’ united front as public backing for the pension reform protests wanes. Read More
FRANCE: Strikes and protests follow adoption of pension reform
French unions are holding another day of strikes and protests against pension reform after the lower house of parliament gave final approval on Wednesday to a controversial bill that raises the legal retirement age from 60 to 62. Read More
FRANCE: New strikes, protests to follow adoption of pension reform bill
French unions have called for another day of strikes and protests against pension reform Thursday, a day after the lower house of parliament approved the reform bill. The Wednesday vote removed the last legislative obstacle to the draft becoming law. Read More
FRANCE: French pension reform bill faces final vote in parliament
France’s pension reform bill goes before the lower house Wednesday, a day after the Senate approved the measure raising the retirement age from 60 to 62, amid signs that nationwide strikes and protests against the reform are losing steam. Read More
FRANCE: All fuel depots now cleared of blockades, oil industry says
All of France’s fuel depots have been cleared of blockades set up in recent days by strikers protesting pension reform, the national oil association said on Monday. Up to a quarter of France’s fuel stations had run dry in the wake of the protests. Read More
FRANCE: One in four petrol stations ‘dry’ as school holidays begin
A quarter of France’s petrol stations are no longer being supplied with fuel, the French presidency has announced, as pupils begin half-term holidays and the country prepares for another week of strikes and protests over pension reform. Read More
FRANCE: New clashes erupt between youths, police amid pension protests
New clashes erupted Thursday between youths and police in the French city of Lyon amid nationwide protests against plans to overhaul the pension system. High school students overturned a car and threw bottles at police, who responded with tear gas. Read More
FRANCE: Unions threaten more protests as retirement bill enters final stage
As the dust settles after more than a week of protests, how will events unfold as the government finalises its moves to raise the retirement age? Read More
FRANCE: Burning and looting – pension protests in the foreign press
Protests over proposed pension reforms have crippled France’s transport system and posed a major challenge for the country’s embattled government – but they have been largely peaceful. Not quite the view taken by some of Europe’s newspapers… Read More