Category: France

A national day of protests on Tuesday threatens to disrupt the supply of oil products as strikes at key refineries continue Monday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize Continue Reading

PARIS (Reuters) – The French government said it would see through planned pension reforms but said the new system that has sparked nationwide strikes would be introduced gradually and public Continue Reading

France is ready to go to the World Trade Organization to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to put tariffs on champagne and other French goods in a row over Continue Reading

French President Emmanuel Macron has staked his reputation on reforming France A nationwide strike has severely disrupted schools and public transport across France. Workers are angry at being forced to Continue Reading

A strike that crippled public transport and closed schools across France entered a second day on Friday, with trade unions saying they planned to keep going until President Emmanuel Macron Continue Reading

Cities across France were paralyzed by a massive public transport strike against a planned overhaul of France’s pensions system, in a test of President Emmanuel Macron’s resolve to modernize the Continue Reading

France braced for crippling transport strikes on Thursday, launched in response to the government’s plans to overhaul the retirement system. Ninety percent of high-speed TGV trains will not run, and Continue Reading