Most trains have come to a halt, oil refineries have been blocked and power production reduced in France as unions organise a sixth day of nationwide strikes against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans.
Opinion polls have for weeks shown a majority of voters reject the reform, which would raise the pension age by two years to 64 among other measures, but the government intends to stand its ground and carry out the plans it says are essential to ensure the pension system does not go bust.
