Yellow Vests

Workers sabotaged power networks, lorry drivers blocked motorways, trains stopped running, schools shut down and even the Eiffel Tower was off-limits to visitors, as nationwide action against proposed pension reforms entered its third week in France. Discuss…

At the age of 70, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) seems to be in terminal decline. There have been obvious signs for some time now that the days of the Cold War relic may be numbered. The differences among NATO leaders came into glaring view whe…

Businessman looking through window in menswear shop Getty It is hard to believe, but 2020 begins the third decade of the new millennium. Since then, the personal luxury goods market has more than doubled, growing from 128 billion to 281 billion ($142 billio…

The violent protests in France against French President Emmanuel Macrons proposed pension reforms signify the French peoples reluctance to accept Macrons desire to protect powerful corporate financial interests while neglecting French citizens, Gilbert Mercie…

The European Union's new leadership has decided to invest much of its political capital in a plan to position Europe as the global leader in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. But if too many constituencies feel as though they are being sacrificed on…

Its the one election which really counts. It's an election which could have a devastating effect on the European Union. Its an election about poverty, unemployment and immigration, and about lies. Many millions of voters would prefer that the election was aba…

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe introduced a government plan to reform the country's complex pension system Wednesday in the face of fierce resistance from trade unions. The reforms have sparked ongoing nationwide strikes that have crippled rail trans…

Paris (AFP) - French unions tightened the screws Wednesday with a seventh day of transport strike as the government prepared to unveil the details of a pension reform plan workers fear will leave them poorer. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is set to unveil …

Roughly half the number of people showed up on Tuesday for demonstrations called by France’s unions as had rallied last week in opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms. Unions estimated that some 885,000 demonstrators turned out across Fran…

PARIS-Anadolu Agency French unions voted on Dec. 9 to extend a walkout amid the absence of an agreement between the government and labor union leaders over President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension plans, according to local media. Unions called on t…