French throwing national tantrum over raising of retirement age

Strikes over the government’s plans to raise the retirement age to 62 from 60 have disrupted daily life and a wide swath of industry — from oil refining to travel to shipping — as protesters fight a proposal they say tampers with the near-sacred French social contract…

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Tuesday will be the sixth day of nationwide strikes and protests since June and a last-ditch challenge to the center-right government before a final Senate vote this week on the pension bill, which the government says is vital to rein in a ballooning pension shortfall as the population ages.

On Saturday, the last national day of protest, a million or so people demonstrated, according to official estimates.

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