France braces for second day of paralysing strike | The Malaysian Insight

A waving a smoke bomb during a demonstration to protest against proposed French pension overhauls in Marseille, southern France, yesterday as part of a national general strike. – AFP pic, December 6, 2019.

FRANCE was today preparing for a second day of travel cancellations and school closures as unions warned there would be no let-up in the strike called to protest planned pension reforms. The first day of a strike, seen as a major test for President Emmanuel Macron’s ambitious vision of reforming France, saw giant rallies across the country coupled with walkouts that paralysed transport and closed schools.

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