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Delays and cancellations as French unions begin indefinite transport strike

SNCF workers begun unlimited strike Aviation unions to walkout June 3 to 5 Governtment calls for talks with CGT French unions have upped the ante and launched an indefinite strike, targeting nat

Europe News

Social unrest continues in France and Belgium

Train services have been reduced today in France, where rail workers have started an unlimited strike.

France

French strikes multiply as Euro 2016 nears

Strike action is multiplying in France and the timing couldn’t be worse with the Euro 2016 football tournament due to start there in just 10 days…

Belgium

Public sector strike heightens industrial strife in Belgium

Public sector workers went on strike in Belgium on Tuesday in protest at budget cuts and other austerity measures.

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World News

More transport chaos in France in standoff over labour reforms

Unions target transport for more strikes TGV and regional trains to be hit from Tuesday night Air France pilots hold their own strike Just as the spectre of dry petrol stations and blockaded oil

Belgium

Belgium facing more strike chaos

Public sector workers call a general strike for Tuesday following stoppages by rail workers and prison guards in Wallonia and Brussels.

World

Martinez takes France's CGT union into battle against the government

Another day of intense strike action has hit France, the ninth in the current series of confrontations with the government over new labour…

France

France's fuel crisis better but not yet over

Following a meeting between the government and oil industry representatives, Transport Minister Alain Vidalies said the situation at fuel depots is improving.

My Europe Series

A narrow defeat for the far-right in Austria, France gripped by strikes ahead of Euro 2016

In this edition of State of the Union: Austria narrowly avoids the election of a far-right head of state; bailout cash is unlocked for Greece; and France is gripped by demonstrations and strikes with

France

France PM Valls hints at tweaks to labour laws as strikes and protests go on

France has been hit by another day of strikes and protests against controversial labour reforms.

France

Strikes in France - the history of disputes and failed reform

In spring in 1968 La Belle France went on strike.

France

France: Nuclear strike raises stakes in showdown over labour reforms

With pumps at more than 4,000 petrol stations in France now partially or fully dry, the showdown between the government and the hardline CGT union over contested labour reforms intensified on…

France

French nuclear workers vote to join strike against labour laws

Staff at France’s 19 nuclear plants have voted to go on strike on Thursday amid escalating protests against labour reforms.

France

France: CGT union calls for further strikes

France’s CGT trade union is determined to make ongoing nationwide strikes felt, its representatives have said.

France

More fuel frustration as French pickets refuse to back down

CGT: strikes to continue over labour law reforms More petrol stations run dry Picket action spreads to ports and power plants Government stands firm A fuel crisis in France seems to be getting wors

Economy

French fuel strike: frustration at the pumps and an investment warning

The boss of French energy firm Total has warned it will "seriously reconsider" its future investment plans in France due to the strikes at its refineries against labour law reform.

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Running low on gas in France

In Paris, as in the rest of the country, many service stations are running out of fuel as demonstrators, protesting against labor reforms, block…

France

Roads, railways and refineries hit in two-day French strike

French transport workers on the railways and roads have delivered a patchy response to the Communist CGT union’s call for strike action to protest against labour law…

Belgium

Striking prison wardens burst into Belgian justice ministry building

There have been dramatic scenes in Brussels, with striking prison wardens bursting into the Belgian Justice Ministry building. Baton-wielding riot

France

France begins a week of rolling strikes

The country faces a week of stoppages and protests as unions mobilise their members to protest against employment law reform.