PARIS — Strikes disrupted weekend travel around France Saturday as truckers blocked highways and most trains remained at a standstill because of worker anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. Tourists and shoppers faced shuttered subway lines around Paris and near-empty train stations as a mass movement against the government’s plan to redesign the national retirement system entered a third day. Truckers striking over a fuel tax hike disrupted traffic on highways from Provence in the southeast to Normandy in the northwest. The government says it won’t raise the official retirement age of 62 but the plan is expected to encourage people to work longer. They also plan new nationwide retirement protests Tuesday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 07, 2019 10:07 UTC