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Holiday blues: French strikes hit Christmas shopping season

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By NICOLAS GARRIGA and ANGELA CHARLTON

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By forcing cars out of the city and pushing people to rely on ‘public transport’, you open them up to blackmail like this.

Online shopping is the big winner.

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They're protesting government plans to raise the retirement age to 64 and take away special privileges for train workers.

Someone like to oversimplify, isn't it ? The matter seems a bit more complicated than that.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/frances-retirement-overhaul-macrons-greatest-challenge-66027098

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/dec/11/france-retirement-protest-grows-2019121/

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Whenever I travel to Europe, I always avoid French airlines or going through France.

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