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A man wears a mask of French President Emmanuel Macron during a demonstration in Paris
VETERAN trade union leader Jean-Claude Mailly warned yesterday that ongoing conflict between the French government and the unions could turn into a national confrontation over President Emmanuel Macron’s economic programme.
Unions are currently holding two-day strikes every week for three months over the government’s European Union-dictated marketisation and compulsory tendering policies for the SNCF state railway company.
Unlike last year’s piecemeal fight against Mr Macron’s liberalisation plans, union opposition is increasingly aligning, said the Force Ouvriere leader in Paris.
DENNIS BROE gives an update on the last week of anti-austerity protests against the Macron regime, which has seen the supposedly more right-leaning Gilets Jaunes join with the unions and the left
The desperate French president keeps running up the same political cul-de-sac. DENNIS BROE offers an explanation
