PARIS – France is enduring severe disruption as millions of workers threaten to strike in protest at being forced to retire later or face reduced pensions.
The country’s largest nationwide strike in years was agreed by unions unhappy with President Emmanuel Macron’s plans for a universal points-based pension system.
The industrial action is expected to last beyond Thursday and some trade union leaders have warned they will continue their industrial action until Macron abandons his campaign promise to overhaul the retirement system.
The Macron administration will hope to avoid a repeat of the country’s general strike over pension reforms in 1995, which crippled the transport system for three weeks and drew massive popular support, forcing a government reversal.(BBC)
