PARIS • Frustrated travellers ran into transportation chaos around France for a second day yesterday, as unions dug in for what they hoped was a protracted strike against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to redesign the national retirement system.
The Eiffel Tower reopened yesterday after an all-day closure on Thursday, but tourists from around the world remained challenged by strike-related disruptions. Chan Brothers Travel told The Straits Times that none of its groups travelling in, or to, Europe currently has been affected by the protests in Paris. The travel agency has also not received calls expressing concern or cancellation requests.
Mr Macron is determined to push through the changes to France's convoluted and relatively generous retirement system, seeing them as central to his plans to transform the French economy. His idea is to unify France's 42 different pension schemes into a single one, giving all workers the same general rights.
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