Post by sevenofnine on Mar 28, 2023 10:40:46 GMT -5
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Eiffel Tower forced to close as fresh strikes get underway in France
Another day of strikes and protests across France as President Emmanuel Macron remains defiant, refusing mediation and a pause on his controversial pension reform plan.
The day of action called by unions is the tenth of its kind, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets.
The Eiffel Tower's website announced that strikers had closed down the world-famous tourist attraction. The Louvre Museum was similarly strike-bound on Monday.
Concerns that violence coul
d mar the large demonstrations prompted what Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin described as an unprecedented deployment of 13,000 officers, nearly half of them concentrated in the French capital.
www.euronews.com/2023/03/28/france-faces-10th-day-of-strikes-as-macron-holds-firm-on-pension-reform
Eiffel Tower forced to close as fresh strikes get underway in France
Another day of strikes and protests across France as President Emmanuel Macron remains defiant, refusing mediation and a pause on his controversial pension reform plan.
The day of action called by unions is the tenth of its kind, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets.
The Eiffel Tower's website announced that strikers had closed down the world-famous tourist attraction. The Louvre Museum was similarly strike-bound on Monday.
Concerns that violence coul
d mar the large demonstrations prompted what Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin described as an unprecedented deployment of 13,000 officers, nearly half of them concentrated in the French capital.
www.euronews.com/2023/03/28/france-faces-10th-day-of-strikes-as-macron-holds-firm-on-pension-reform
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