PARIS: French trade unions crippled transport and gathered for mass protests on Tuesday , in a redoubled effort to force President Emmanuel Macron to ditch a planned pension reform by Christmas.
The unions and Macron are each hoping to push the other to back down before Christmas, with the prospect that continuing strikes over the holiday would alienate an increasingly frustrated public. Morning traffic queues in the Paris area totalled 300 km, though congestion subsided to normal by the end of the morning rush, with many workers having set off early or stayed home.
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