French transport strike drags on despite government compromise on pensions
A crippling French transport strike dragged into its 39th day on Sunday despite the government's offer to withdraw the most contested measure of the pension reform plans that sparked the protest. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Saturday he would drop plans to increase the official ...
French CGT union gives ultimatum to government to pull pension reform plan
France's CGT union threatened on Sunday to double its protests unless the government withdraws its pension reform proposal within the next week. In a major overhaul of its pension scheme, the French government has proposed that people work two years longer to get a full ...
Transport chaos as French strike bites, but Macron camp vows to press ahead with pension reforms
French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and senior Cabinet ministers were due to meet late Sunday to discuss the government's proposed pensions reforms as public transport in France was crippled for a fourth day running in protest. The country's powerful labor unions, who ...
Paris knife attacker had USB drive with info on police HQ colleagues: media
An IT worker who killed four people at Paris police headquarters with a knife last week had a USB drive with personal details about his colleagues, French daily Le Parisien reported on Monday. The attacker on Thursday killed three police officers and an administrative worker ...
Doctors, lawyers and pilots protest in Paris over Macron's pension reforms
Lawyers in flowing black courtroom gowns, doctors in white coats and uniformed airline pilots marched through Paris on Monday to protest at French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms. Macron's government has just launched one of the most ambitious reforms of his presidency — to merge ...
France to open debate on femicide and domestic violence in September
The French government will in September begin a major consultation on domestic violence in order to stamp out gender-based murder and violence against women, a minister said on Sunday. Since January, 75 women have died as a result of "femicide" — murder at the hands ...
France awaits results from Emmanuel Macron's 'Great National Debate'
Over three months, France's "Great National Debate" has led to 10,000 local meetings, around 2 million online contributions and 100 hours of presidential talking. On Monday, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe begins trying to make sense of it all. The debate was launched in January by ...
France makes late 'finance friendly' pitch to woo Brexit bankers weighing move to Frankfurt
A government push to make France more "finance-friendly" is raising Paris' chances of attracting Brexit-fleeing banks from London although it is raising its game at a late stage in the process, a group of senior financial industry executives said. Eager to keep Frankfurt from getting ...
