Photo: AFPIn that year - the very first year of Jacques Chirac’s presidency - the government tried to push through a pension reform. Six out of 10 people said they support the December 5th strike, according to a poll published by La Tribune, Orange and RTL last week. Between 2010 and 2017, the number of French strike days was 125 per 1,000 employees, according to a study by the European Trade Union Institute. READ ALSO OPINION Why pension reform always spells trouble in FranceWho will blink first? The government because it has invested so much political prestige into the pension reform.

Source: The Local November 26, 2019 08:13 UTC