Paris-Sana
Strikes on public transport in France continued for the sixth consecutive day in protest of President Emmanuel Macron's government plans to reform the pension system.
And developments continue in France, amid fears of a violent clash between the government and strikers preparing to test strength on the street in the coming days.
According to Agence France-Presse, nine metro lines are still completely closed in Paris, and only a quarter of the buses are operating due to strikers stopping the entrances and exits of their stops.
Union sources expected that the strike that began last Thursday will continue until next Wednesday.
Thierry Papek from the union of the operator of the subway operator in Paris said that the strike by air traffic controllers forced Air France to cancel 25 percent of domestic flights, while the national rail company considered that it would be difficult until the end of the week.
In turn, the French Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Plancke, explained that the strike reached kindergartens, schools, and kindergartens due to the strike of many school workers in general, especially in the capital, Paris.
French unions are preparing to demonstrate vigorously in the streets, and their confederation talks about mobilizing a million and a half protesters in the largest show of strength in front of the government.
"I know that the mobilization will be so strong that it will be stronger than the 800,000 who were mobilized last week," said Yves Veret, Secretary-General of the Manpower Union.