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TWO of France’s eight oil refineries were disrupted by strikes today as the action against President Emmanuel Macron’s attack on pensions reached its 23rd day.
The milestone means the strikes have lasted longer than the 22-day walkout in 1995 that defeated former president Jacques Chirac’s attempt to cut French pensions.
Mr Macron has not yet backed down, although ministers are holding talks with trade unions and offering concessions.
While millions face poverty and public services are squeezed, France is committing billions to defence spending and weapons production, in a dangerous shift towards permanent preparation for war, says CONOR BOLLINS
DENNIS BROE gives an update on the last week of anti-austerity protests against the Macron regime, which has seen the supposedly more right-leaning Gilets Jaunes join with the unions and the left
The desperate French president keeps running up the same political cul-de-sac. DENNIS BROE offers an explanation