The Paris metro was at a standstill Thursday with operators threatening to stage an indefinite strike next week amid a dispute over pay and conditions. Up to 4,000 demonstrators marched though central Paris – and up to 60,000 nationwide – as part of a multi-sector protest to pressure the government over its pension reform.
Seven lines of the Paris metro were completely closed and seven others open only during rush hour as the UNSA RATP transport union warned it could not rule out a repeat of the rolling strikes that crippled the French capital in December 2019.
