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A French railway worker holds a poster among flares during a demonstration
FRENCH public-sector workers walked out today and joined marches and rallies against President Emmanuel Macron’s austerity policies and deregulation drive.
The workers joined 150 planned demonstrations across France.
Striking rail workers brought 60 per cent of express trains and 75 per cent of intercity trains to a halt.
While millions face poverty and public services are squeezed, France is committing billions to defence spending and weapons production, in a dangerous shift towards permanent preparation for war, says CONOR BOLLINS
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