France: Protests Against Pension Reform Continue, Turn Violent

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | October 20th, 2010 | Trackback

Heated protests against the government’s plan to raise the retirement age to 62 continued around the country and became violent Oct. 19, primarily in Lyon, and almost a third of all gas stations in France ran out of fuel. Half of the flights out of Paris’ Orly airport and 30 percent out of France’s other airports were canceled. In Marseille, strikes by garbage collectors left heaps of trash piled around the city and transport was essentially shut down by striking workers. Further protests are likely around the country.

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