France hit by new wave of strikes over pension reform

Huge crowds marched through cities across France to denounce a reform that raises the retirement age by two years to 64 and poses a test of Mr Macron's ability to push through change now that he has lost his working majority in parliament.

"We won't drive until we're 64!" bus driver Isabelle Texier said at a protest in Saint-Nazaire on the Atlantic coast. "It's better than on the 19th ... It's a real message sent to the government, saying we don't want the 64 years," Laurent Berger, who leads CFDT, France's largest union, said ahead of the Paris march.

"There's no point in going on strike. This bill will be adopted in any case," said 34-year-old Matthieu Jacquot, who works in the luxury sector. A union source said some 36.5% of SNCF rail operator workers were on strike by midday - down nearly 10% from 19 January - even if disruption to train traffic was largely similar.

Workers are treated worse than a 120 years ago.

We should do the same here. Too quiet we are.

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