French trade unions have issued an ultimatum to newly appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, warning that failure to meet their demands by September 24 could trigger new strikes and nationwide demonstrations.
Teachers, train drivers, pharmacists, hospital staff, and students staged nationwide strikes and school blockades in France on Thursday, protesting planned budget cuts and pension reforms. Unions are demanding the previous government’s fiscal plans be scrapped, increased spending on public services, higher taxes on the wealthy, and abandonment of the controversial pension age hike.
The unions are calling for a halt to the dismantling of Fret SNCF, the national rail operator's freight division, and are protesting the conditions for opening regional lines to competition.
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