The recent strikes in France have continued with French protesters now blocking the airport at Marseille amid a standoff over a bill to raise the retirement age. The French Senate is wrapping up debate on the pension reform bill and could vote on it Thursday. Students are planning nationwide protests to
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Weeks of strikes, protests and demonstrations have brought much of France to a standstill as workers, students and others voice their strong opposition to a government proposal to raise the age for a minimum pension from 60 to 62. A quarter of the nation's gas stations were out of fuel, hundreds of flights were canceled, long lines formed at gas stations and train services in many regions were ...
