French teachers, doctors and workers at the Eiffel Tower have walked off the job to join striking train drivers. They are all angry at government plans to raise the retirement age. Commuters and tourists face a 13th straight day of traffic headaches.
Commuters board in a subway, in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Thursday that he was ready to make changes to his plans to overhaul the pension system as a major union warned that nationwide strikes and protests could continue unabated until Christmas.
Commuters and tourists faced a 13th straight day of traffic headaches as train drivers kept up their strike againstthat allows them to retire as early as their 50s. Parents faced shuttered schools and students had key exams canceled as teachers joined in. Police barricaded Macron’s Elysee Palace hours ahead of a new protest through the capital Tuesday afternoon, bracing for potential violence by yellow vest activists or other radical demonstrators angry over economic injustice.resigned Monday over alleged conflicts of interest.
Several European countries have raised the retirement age or cut pensions in recent years to keep up with lengthening life expectancy and slowing economic growth. Macron argues that France needs to do the same.
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