France is experiencing refinery strikes and demonstrations due to widespread anger at the government for raising the state pension age without a parliamentary vote. The unrest, combined with refuse workers joining in the action, has left President Emmanuel Macron facing his gravest challenge to his authority since the “Gilets Jaunes” protests in 2018. TotalEnergies’ refineries and depots, including Feyzin in southeast France and Normandy in the north, had 37% of operational staff on strike on Saturday. Rolling strikes also continued on the railways. Riot police clashed with protesters on Friday evening in Paris, leading to 61 arrests near the National Assembly building at the Place de la Concorde. This led the Paris prefecture to…
2023-03-18 19:00:05
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