Thousands March in Growing French Protests

mkpdavies · 20-01-2005, 09:52 PM

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PARIS (Reuters) - Some 210,000 public sector workers marched through French cities on Thursday in widening protests over pay, reforms and job cuts that have sent a sharp warning to President Jacques Chirac's conservative government.

On the third day of protests, some schools closed because of a one-day strike by teachers, and a stoppage by air traffic controllers grounded flights at Bordeaux in western France.

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The government has vowed to press on with economic reforms. But it fears a failure to address the strikers' concerns could prompt voters to punish it by opposing the European Union constitution in a referendum expected before July

Go on France, punish them. :twisted:

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