French unions are staging a second round of mass street demonstrations as the country entered its sixth day of a nationwide strike and transport standstill over proposed plans to change the pensions system . The government’s standoff with unions continued as the…

A rally near Place de la République in support of the national strike in France, one of the largest nationwide strike in years, on December 5, 2019 in Paris, France. (Kiran Ridley / Getty Images) There’s no doubting the importance of Friday’s…

France is facing a second day of travel chaos and school closures after unions said there would be no let-up in nationwide strikes against Emmanuel Macron’s proposed changes to the pensions system. The far-reaching strike, which brought more than 800,000 people on…

Image: fair use Yesterday’s general strike against Macron’s pension reform saw a “convergence of struggles” from across French society. According to the CGT (the trade union federation at the head of the strike), 1.5 million people took part in the demonstrations, which…

Hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded by French national strike Troubled skies: hundreds of flights to Paris and other French cities have been cancelled Travellers heading to, from or across France face five days of chaos because of a national strike against…

A poster stating “All on strike on December 5th” at the Bourse du Travail during preparations for a national strike against French government pension reform plans, in Nice, France. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters France is set to plunge into an open-ended, nationwide strike…

Holiday shopping. Paris was on edge last month as the gilets jaunes, or yellow vests, took to the streets to protest and gathered in two of the city’s main retail centers, including Galeries Lafayette. Dozens of demonstrators entered the department store’s flagship,…

Raphael Lafargue/Abaca/Sipa via AP Images Yellow Vest protester near barricades on the Place d’Italie, Paris, France during a demonstration marking the first anniversary of the movement, November 2019. On Saturday, December 1, 2018 in Paris, three weeks into the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow…

Foreign Office warns of severe travel disruption in France Walk out: striking rail workers in the southern city of Perpignan during a previous stoppage The Foreign Office is warning British travellers to France of road blockades, severe delays on trains, metros and…

PARIS—By the time Arnaud Lory arrived to Place d’Italie in Paris on November 16, the violence was in full swing. Dressed in black, casseurs —a term the French use to describe people who come simply to break things—were flipping cars and trying…