Yellow Vests

Protests against proposed pension reforms have built on a year-long movement to defend Frances public sector from cuts, shutting down cities to force French President Emmanuel Macron to think twice about following the American model of privatization. The roa…

PARIS (AP) Massive strikes against a planned overhaul of the pension system are sending a powerful warning to French President Emmanuel Macron. Half-way through his term, the 41-year-old centrist is still determined to push through the reform and keep remodel…

On the second day of a national strike in France, which is severely affecting transport, the countrys airline has said it will operate the vast majority of its international flights. Air France is telling passengers: We expect to operate all our long-haul fl…

France was hit bya second day of severe disruption on Friday as nationwide strikes over proposed pension reforms continue.  The industrial action followed the pattern of the previous day: Almost all high-speed train services and hundreds of flights …

PARIS-Anadolu Agency Protesters mobilized across France on Dec. 5 in a nationwide strike challenging President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension reform plans. The Interior Ministry said 806,000 people took part, while labor unions put the number at ne…

PARIS: A nationwide strike brought much of France to a standstill on Thursday (Dec 5) to protest the government's planned overhaul of the pension system, one of President Emmanuel Macron most ambitious reforms. The CGT union said 1.5 million people hit the s…

PARIS: A nationwide strike brought much of France to a standstill on Thursday (Dec 5) with more than half a million people hitting the streets to protest the government's planned overhaul of the pension system, one of President Emmanuel Macron most ambitious …

Paris (AFP) - Angry citizens have swelled the streets of cities across the globe this year, pushing back against a disparate range of policies but often expressing a common grievance -- the establishment's failure to heed their demands for a more equitable fu…

Workers across France are striking as part of a national wave of industrial action, that has seen protests against reforms to the state pension system. Train and bus drivers, air traffic controllers, energy workers, truck drivers, teachers, students, police o…

The massive worker walkouts and marches were called in the hope of forcing President Emmanuel Macron to abandon his plans to overhaul France’s pension system. In Paris, 11 of the city’s 16 metro lines were shuttered and schools in the capital and across the c…