Police
scuffled with protesters in Paris and fired teargas and water cannons
in the western city of Nantes on Thursday during strikes across
France in a challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s economic
reforms.
Train
conductors, teachers, and air traffic controllers walked out to join
more than 150 mostly peaceful marches in cities and towns.
This is
the first time public sector workers have joined rail staff in
protests since Macron came to office in May. Sixty percent of fast
trains, 75 percent of inter-city trains, and 30 percent of flights to
and from Paris airports were cancelled because of the strike, Reuters
reported.
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