King Charles faces being hit greeted with a "good old general strike" in his state visit to France, as its streets descend into chaos amid angry protests.Unions are stepping up their campaign against Emmanuel Macron's bid to hike up the pension age.
"We are going to greet [Charles] with a good old general strike," a spokesman for the radical New Anti-Capitalist Party, Olivier Besancenot, said.French streets have seen heavy protests against pension reform.Pascal Mesgueni, of the Confederation Francaise des Travailleurs Chretiens union who is Bordeaux's public transport network, said it would be "almost certain" he won't be able to take the tram.
"Logistically, it's very heavy, to say nothing of the risk of projectiles. It's going to be much too complicated."Any serious disruption would mire the first state visit by the King since he became monarch. It would also embarrass the French, who have seen protests over President Macron's pension reforms spiral out of control.
With the state that France is in, this is not the best time for a state visit, me thinks.
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