He added: "At the end of these 96 hours of strike action, the question will be asked whether we will move on to the stage of shutting down the installations." While the right to strike is protected in the French constitution, the right to blockade is not ans French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says he has asked local police forces to break up blockades. It is not the first time that oil depots have been blockaded during the ongoing strike action, which began on December 5th in protest at the French government's planned overhaul of the country's pension system. But without a total blockade, supplies have been getting through and most motorists have been able to fill up as normal. Map: Mon-essance.frSo far the strikes have largely affected public transport, with trains and the Paris transport system remaining disrupted.

Source: The Local January 07, 2020 07:18 UTC