Record protests hit France in pensions showdown
PARIS (AFP) – More than a million French workers marched Tuesday in the biggest protest yet against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pensions reform, threatening to extend strikes disrupting trains, planes and refineries. Students and school pupils joined the movement for the first time and staff in several sectors threatened to make the strikes open-ended, escalating the toughest battle of Sarkozy's presidency, as the government dug in its heels. “Sarko, you're screwed, the young are on the streets,” chanted students as they marched beside trade unionists and their supporters on the fourth major nationwide demonstration against pension reform in just…
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