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Masked youths clashed with police and set fires in cities across France on Tuesday as protests against a proposed hike in the retirement age took an increasingly radical turn. President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to crack down on "troublemakers" and guarantee public order, raising the possibility of more confrontations with young rioters after a week of disruptive but largely nonviolent demonstrations. More than 200 protests and one-day strikes by workers in sectors across the French economy were planned around the country over a bill raising the retirement age to 62. In many cities, protesters were being joined by young people who appeared to be seizing an opportunity to lash out at police. Protests turned violent in the central city of Lyon, where rioters smashed several store windows and torched rubbish bins and cars. Police used tear gas in an attempt to disperse trouble makers.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says French pension reform will go through despite protests. According to President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU countries must cut budgets or face sanctions. An unpopular reform of the French pension system will go through, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday. It's despite months of protests and a refinery strike that has been causing fuel shortages. Sarkozy speaks to journalists during a summit in the northern French city of Deauville. [Nicolas Sarkozy, French President]: (MALE/FRENCH) "The reform is essential and France is committed to it and will go ahead with it just as our German partners did." After speaking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Sarkozy says the European Union should impose automatic sanctions on member states that fail to reduce their budget deficits. [Nicolas Sarkozy, French President]: (MALE/FRENCH) "A country with excessive deficits that does not take the necessary correction measures within six months will be sanctioned." The leaders will also be examining the possibility of confiscating EU voting rights from countries that fail to bring their deficits under control, as well as pre-emptive sanctions for delinquent nations. Planned changes to the EU's budget rules, outlined in the Stability and Growth Pact, will be the biggest overhaul of the fiscal rules underpinning the euro since its creation in 1999. Changes to the budget rule were also the subject of EU finance minister talks <b>...</b>

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www.timesofearth.com Paris, France - French deputies have followed senators in supporting final passage of a pension reform bill that has sparked strikes, demonstrations and blockades. President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to sign the bill into law by mid-November. The measure will raise the minimum legal retirement age from 60 to 62 years -- still one of the lowest in Europe. Nonetheless millions of people have demonstrated against the reforms in recent weeks. Striking workers have blocked oil refineries, leading to fuel shortages. The government estimates the protests have cost the country up to $560 million a day. Debate in French parliament has been rancorous -- as was Tuesday's in the French senate. The government argues the reforms are critical to pay for a growing number of retirees. Economists say France will have to take more drastic measures in the coming years to bankroll pensions. But protesters argue there are other ways to finance the pension system besides raising the retirement age. The pension reforms are considered a key test for President Sarkozy, whose popularity ratings have plummeted to record low levels - below 30 percent. Standing firm on the reforms may pay dividends two years from now, if he runs for another term in office. With Mr. Sarkozy's conservative party dominating both houses, passage of the reforms appeared inevitable. But unions promise to fight on, with more demonstrations planned for Thursday and for November 6th. The opposition <b>...</b>

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A million protesters hit the streets across France in what some say is the biggest challenge to economic reforms in Europe. They're protesting the proposed lifting of the retirement age from 62 to 60. Let's see more. Out in force. Authorities estimate that a million protesters took to the streets across France in what some say is the biggest and most persistent challenge to economic reforms anywhere in Europe. Striking public sector workers continued to disrupt travel across France as they raised objections to lifting the retirement age to 62 from 60. Sporadic violence flared at protest marches as opponents of President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform made a last-ditch attempt to stop it. Sarkozy said that while he understood the strikers concerns, this was not the way to uphold a democracy. [Nicolas Sarkozy, French President]: "Everyone has the right to express himself in a democracy, but this expression must be done without violence and without an outburst. I have promised to call a meeting upon my return to Paris in an effort to remedy a certain number of situations, because there are some people who want to work. They make up a majority, and this immense group is not to be deprived of their purpose. That cannot happen in a democracy." This week will be critical for Sarkozy's flagship pension bill, which the center-right government says is needed to curb a gaping deficit but which many French people feel will unfairly punish them for a failure in the social security <b>...</b>

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A mass strike against the French government's plan to raise the retirement age disrupted transport and shut down schools on Thursday, with unions saying millions of protestors took to the streets. Among the disruptions for commuters in cities across France, transport authorities said about one in two mainline trains were running in and out of Paris, with three in four Paris metro trains operating. Soundbites with commuters.Duration: 00:55

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Massive protests are on the way in the UK against the deepest cuts since the 1920s and the axing of half a million jobs. Across the Channel, the French fight against pension reform rages on - even though the retirement age rise was approved late on Friday.

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Hundreds of high school pupils demonstrated in France against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform as strikes shuttered oil refineries. Meanwhile, eight of France's 12 refineries shut down operations.... No Comment | euronews: watch the international news without commentary | www.euronews.net

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Tens of thousands of French workers held street rallies Thursday to oppose President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the age of retirement, but fell short of matching last year's mass demonstrations. The French government has defended the measure as part of efforts to tackle its gaping welfare deficit.Duration: 02:09

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France faces strikes and protests over pension reform. Transport, schools and hospitals are expected to be severely disrupted as French unions begin a day of nationwide strikes and demonstrations to protest against government plans to overhaul the country's pension system.

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French unions began an open-ended strike Tuesday in protest of pension reforms just days after the Senate approved raising the nation's retirement age from 60 to 62. The number of participants grew as more protested the hikes than previous strikes in recent months. Included in the turnout were many refinery workers, raising the possibility of fuel and gas shortages in the country. Furthermore, instead of ending the strike after 24 hours, the unions chose to now vote on a day-by-day basis whether or not to continue.

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Strikes across France intensified on Friday with police firing tear gas at protesters in the city of Lyon. About 1000 high school students went on strike, overturning rubbish bins, smashing bus stops, and setting fire to stacks of free newspapers. The students and labour unions see President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform - raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 - as an attack on their well-deserved social protections. Workers at all 12 of France's fuel producing refineries have also joined the protest. Strikers burned tires outside an oil refinery in Donges, near Nantes in western France.

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France is bracing for rolling strikes as unions raise the stakes in their stand-off with the government over pension reform. But despite striking efforts, some say the new law is not negotiable. France braces for major rolling strikes and stoppages that are expected to clog the streets with traffic and affect nearly all forms of transport in the country, Tuesday. Unions are raising the stakes in their stand-off with the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy over pension reform. The French Senate has already voted to ratify raising the minimum retirement age to 62 from 60. The key difference this time around is that rail and public transport unions have called for rolling strikes, not simply a one-day stoppage. If their call is heeded, that could spell days, if not weeks of misery for millions of commuters, who face cuts in services of up to 40% or more. [Pierre Briancon, Reuters Breakingviews Analyst and Commentator]: "The big difference between the last round of demonstrations and strikes, and this one, is that now the law has been passed by parliament. So as much as it is easy for government to compromise on some aspects of the laws, sometimes fundamental aspects of its plans, now that the law is the law of the republic, it's something that is very official. It's not something that can be negotiated in backroom deals with unions." Unions hope that the stoppages, combined with from street demonstrations could force the government to back down.

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John Evans, TUAC General Secretary, says French labor unrest represents more than just the two year retirement delay.

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Strikes against Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age intensified in France on Monday. French teenagers joined the protests blockading schools and burning vehicles and debris. In Lyon, hundreds of students blocked a couple of high schools in the La Croix-Rousse area of central town, and burned several cars.

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French police have broken the blockade of a refinery crucial for the capital's fuel supplies. A workers union that captured the depot said at least three people were injured in the clashes. A special operation ended the blockade that had lasted for more than a week, causing significant fuel shortages. Meanwhile, the Senate is expected to approve president Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal to raise the retirement age to 62 - the reason behind the protests. Frederick William Engdahl, an American writer and journalist based in Germany, questions the reform saying it could be aimed at protecting tiny elite in France.

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Video Footage from France of French fighting with riot police over pensions and fuel shortages. Cars burnt out, charging & running the Police, throwing petrol bombs, etc. Music by Trash. TrashTVChannel

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In France, public transport is paralyzed, flights cancelled and one million people protesting, demanding the government backs down from retirement age reforms. The protests erupted into violence after President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed his conservative party would press ahead with raising the retirement age from sixty to sixty-two, still lower than in most European countries. Young people took to the streets throughout the country, hurling stones and bottles, burning cars and breaking windows in stores. Police used force and tear gas to push back the protesters after the interior minister had sent in officers to stop rioting. Paul Vallet, political professor from the University, Sciences PO says France's unrest and violence as unreasonable.

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It's another day of unrest in France, where Marseille's airport has been blocked by protesters and further demonstrations are planned in Paris. It's all part of the anger at proposals to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, which would still be one of the lowest in Europe. Violence broke out in Lyon on Thursday morning, where police chased rampaging youths who overturned a car. Lyon also saw clashes on Wednesday between youths and police over French President Nicolas Sarkozy's austerity measures. French protesters blockaded Marseille's airport on Thursday, ahead of a possible Senate vote on raising the retirement age. Hundreds of workers blocked all access to the main airport for about three hours. Students barricaded a Paris high school and planned protests nationwide later on Thursday, as the Senate wraps up protracted debate on a reform that Sarkozy calls crucial to his presidency. At the Turgot high school in central Paris approximately 150 students barracked the front doors of the school with rubbish bins.

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/ allégorie de la Justice Paris, 12 October 2010 Manifestation contre la réforme des retraites. Protest against the pension reform. In Paris : Between 89000 (according to the police) 330 000 people (according to unions) In France : Between 1230000 (according to the police) 3.5 million people (according to unions)

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There's more protest pain ahead for France - as strikers commit to yet more stoppages to vent their anger over plans to make them work longer. Tear gas and water cannon have been used against demonstrators, while President Sarkozy tries to hurry the Senate vote on raising the retirement age to 62. RT talks to Pierre Concialdi - economist from Economic and Social Research institute.

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The French have a fourth national day of strikes over plans for pension reform by the French President Sarkozy. The unions think that Sarkozy is cracking under the pressure of more strikes. Recorded from France 24, 12 October 2010.

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Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Paris on September 23rd, kicking off the biggest of around 230 nation-wide protests against French President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal for pension reform.

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The French government approved the text of a controversial draft law to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, Labour Minister Eric Woerth defends the reform before a parliamentary committee as protestors demonstrated outside Labour Ministry. Duration: 00:44.

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