France's labour unions appealed to President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to 'hit pause' on his plans to raise the legal retirement age as a new round of demonstrations and strikes got under way and the authorities deployed thousands of police.
Unions call for mediation and suspension of pension planPARIS, March 28 - France's labour unions appealed to President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to "hit pause" on his plans to raise the legal retirement age as aof demonstrations and strikes got under way and the authorities deployed thousands of police.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Monday said authorities had seen a trend towards more violence directed against the state and were anticipating a "very serious risk to public order" at demonstrations expected in cities including Paris, Lyon, Nantes and Bordeaux. About 17% of all fuel stations in France were missing at least one product as of Monday night, France's petroleum association UFIP said,Student union UNEF said the entrances to around 20 universities including Sciences Po and parts of the Sorbonne in Paris as well as institutions in Lyon, Nice and Toulouse were also blocked.
Berger said there had been some attempts at talks between union leaders and the government in recent days - which had failed.
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