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In pictures: Pension standoff
Protests have been continuing for days in France against the government(***)s pension overhaul plan [AFP]
Published On 19 Oct 2010
19 Oct 2010
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Demonstrators are unhappy about plans to raise the minimum and full retirement ages by two years to 62 and 67 respectively [AFP]
The protests went into their sixth day on Tuesday [AFP]
Five police officers were injured in clashes in Lyon the previous day [AFP]
Transport, school and postal services have been the worst affected [AFP]
With workers at oil refineries going on strike, petrol stations have run out of supplies [AFP]
Lorry drivers have demonstrated by slowing down traffic on motorways [AFP]
The reform bill is due to be voted on by the senate on Wednesday and the French government has said it will go ahead [AFP]
Authorities would crack down on (***)troublemakers(***), President Sarkozy said on Tuesday [AFP]
Sarkozy added that strikes at oil refineries "cannot exist in a democracy" where "there are people who want to work" [AFP]