French fuel strikes falter, union wants talks
PARIS (Reuters) – Oil refinery strikes in protest against French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s unpopular pension reform eased on Tuesday, with walkouts ending at several plants and unions sounding more open to talks with employers. French university students and striking workers attend a demonstration over pension reform near the French Senate in Paris October 26, 2010. (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier) Sarkozy’s flagship measure to make people work two years longer for their pensions has met with fierce opposition in some of the most sustained protests in Europe against austerity measures designed to rein in swollen deficits. With the bill now through parliament and set to be signed into law this…
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