Trains and flights cancelled as French strikers increase pressure

New protest actions focused on women – and the retirement reform’s impact on working mothers – are expected, to coincide with International Women’s Day
Trains and flights cancelled as French strikers increase pressure
A man plays the trumpet in front of a barricade during a demonstration in Lyon (Laurent Cipriani/AP)

French train and metro drivers, refinery workers, rubbish collectors and others were holding further strikes on Wednesday against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64.

New protest actions focused on women – and the retirement reform’s impact on working mothers – are expected, to coincide with International Women’s Day.

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