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CLEAN : French pension talks ongoing as government seeks to end standoff
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe invites unions to meet with the government on Friday to discuss the proposal put forward by the CFDT union (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Staff at Esso refinery in Fos-sur-Mer announce additional four day strike
Employees at the Esso refinery in Fos sur Mer are on strike for a further four days which could lead to a big risk of fuel shortages says CGT represntative Lionel Arbiol (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Union votes to continue refinery strike as police deployed to prevent fuel depot blockades
Trade unionists have voted to continue striking at the Petroineos de lavera refinery in the South of France (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Moderate CFDT union says the pivot pension age of 64 must go
France's moderate CFDT union is calling for the withdrawal of the pivotal age of 64 from the pension reform project by Friday after resuming talks with the government (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Staff at Donges refinery vote to strike untill Saturday
Workers at Donges refinery near Saint Nazaire have voted to strike against the government's pension reform project until Saturday (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : French pension talks to continue Friday as government seeks to end standoff
after opening a new round of consultations on Tuesday on pension reform Edouard Philippe announced that the social partners will meet again on Friday in Matignon to discuss the financing conference proposed by Laurent Berger to get out...
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CLEAN : French pension talks resume as government seeks to end standoff
France's government is meeting today with unions and employers for a fresh round of talks to try and resolve the standoff over a pension overhaul that has sparked the country's longest transport strikes in decades (Footage by AFPTV via...
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CLEAN : Paris protesters vow to keep fighting pension overhaul
Protesters in Paris say their fight against pension reform is too important to give up as scores pour into the streets for a fourth day of nationwide rallies against the project (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Schools in French capital affected by strike against pension reform
Many schools in and around the French capital are again experiencing disruption and even closure due to strikes and demonstrations taking place across the country today (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Far left leader says there is no problem funding France's pension system
There is no problem with the funding the pension system far left leader Jean Luc Melenchon tells reporters in Marseilles on the morning of yet another day of strikes and demonstrations against the French government's pension reform plans...
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CLEAN : Hardline union leader questions French government's willingness to engage
The leader of France's CGT union has questioned the French government's willingness to negotiate its pension reform project (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Anti-pension reform protesters in Nantes speak out
An unjust reform which puts an end to the pay as you go system : teachers and a pensioner from the steel industry who met at the demonstration in Nantes express their concerns about the government's pension reform (Footage by AFPTV via...
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CLEAN : Lawyers protesting pension reform throw their robes onto courthouse steps
Dozens of lawyers from the Bordeaux Bar Association demonstrate against pension reform by symbolically throwing their robes on the ground on the steps of the city's courthouse (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : French lawyers striking over pension reform block Lille courthouse
A score of striking lawyers block the entrances to the Lille high court and prevent hearings from taking place to protest against a pensions overhaul as some 300 people attend a general assembly in a crowded courtroom (Footage by AFPTV...
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CLEAN : Union leaders react after talks with government over pension standoff
France's unions remain divided over how to move forward regarding the ongoing standoff with the government over pension reform (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Melenchon Martinez in Vitry to support striking RATP employees
La France Insoumise party leader Jean Luc Mélenchon CGT union secretary general Philippe Martinez and several political and trade union leaders came to support strikers opposed to pension reform in front of the RATP depot in...
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Colombia Seeks Consensus Before Presenting Pension Bill: President Duque
Jan.23 -- Colombian President Ivan Duque discusses economic growth efforts, the impact of a recent minimum-wage increase, and increasing access to the country's pension system. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua at the World...
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CLEAN : Thousands of anti pension reform protesters in Marseille
In Marseille thousands of demonstrators take to the streets again to protest the government's pension reform on the 41st day of a strike (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Close to 2000 anti pension reform demonstrators in Rennes
Close to 2000 demonstrators braved the rainy conditions and took to the streets of Rennes to protest the government's latest announcements in its bid to reform the French pension system (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Sanchez to revaluate pensions hopes for agreement to resolve Catalan crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's new coalition government starts the term revaluating the pensions and hoping for an agreement to find a solution in Catalan crisis (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Pensions: France's PM has confidence that compromise will be reached
Edouard Philippe says he is confident that a compromise will b reached at the end of the conference on the balance and financing of pensions (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : France's biggest union calls out desperate government amid pension reform impasse
Amid an ongoing strike over pension reform France's biggest union the CGT hits out a desperate government and promises to keep people demonstrating on the streets until the withdrawal of this bill (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Ballet back on stage at Paris Opera after historic 7-week strike
After an historic 7 week strike against pension reform ballet is back on stage at the Opera Garnier (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Anti pension reform demonstrators take to streets of Lyon
Anti-pension reform demonstrators take to the streets of Lyon at the behest of French trade unions (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)