France

German NTV

For fuel shortage, strike threatens air traffic

The strike against Sarkozy's retirement age reform could soon disable European air traffic because French refineries lack in production for the strike.

BACKGROUND:

SARKO, TA RETRAITE AU PLUS TOT
Sarko, you are finished

The conflict about the retirement age reform in France escalates. Unions fuel the fear for an immobile nation with ever new blockades of refineries and fuel depots. Pupils get ever more violent during protests.

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