The Next Edition
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
No Result
View All Result
The Next Edition
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
Home Top News

Macron Pension Reform: Paris Paralysed By Massive Strike

Next Edition by Next Edition
September 13, 2019
in Top News
Macron Pension Reform: Paris Paralysed By Massive Strike
0
SHARES
1
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

The French capital is seeing huge jams and massive crowds on the few metro lines running as transport workers strike against planned pension reform.

Ten of Paris’s 16 lines were shut and service on the others was disrupted.

You might also like

NAFDAC Warns On Recalled U.S. Supplements

US Cuts Nigerians’ Visa Validity To Three Months

3 Children Killed As Train Crashes Into School Van

Many workers cycled, walked or stayed at home, while free rides were on offer on transport operator RATP’s e-moped and Uber’s e-bike and scooter networks.

The strike, the biggest since 2007, is the first big act against President Macron’s plan for a universal pension.

It would replace dozens of different pension schemes for different professions.

Members of other professions including lawyers, airline staff and medical workers have called for more strikes starting on Monday.

There were 235km (145 miles) of traffic jams in the Paris region, officials said, more than double normal levels.

Local media showed photos of crammed platforms on four metro lines, where some trains were running.

Le Parisien newspaper said a legal requirement to maintain a minimum level of service – in place following a big strike in 2007, which was also against a pension overhaul – was not being fulfilled.

Three of the city’s five regional rail lines, run by national rail operator SNCF, were running as normal but the two other lines were offering a reduced rush hour service and no trains at all during the rest of the day.

Travellers reported a surge in prices on ride-hailing services, with one journalist posting a screenshot showing a ride across the city costing €100 (£90), about three times the usual fare.

Le Parisien newspaper said a legal requirement to maintain a minimum level of service – in place following a big strike in 2007, which was also against a pension overhaul – was not being fulfilled.

The move to a universal points-based pension system would also remove the most advantageous pensions for a range of jobs ranging from sailors to notaries and including Paris opera workers.

Meanwhile those retiring before 64 would receive a lower pension. For example someone retiring at 63 would receive five percent less.

On Thursday French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe insisted the reforms would be fair for everyone.

“We’re going to construct a truly universal system where every euro paid in will provide the same rights for everyone, whether a labourer, a shop owner, a researcher, a farmer, a civil servant, a doctor or an entrepreneur,” he said.

The French government wants parliament to vote on the plans early next year.

Last year lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of overhauling rail operator SNCF, which saw employees lose generous job and pension guarantees. That followed months of rolling strikes by SNCF workers.

Source: BBC

Tags: Édouard PhilippeParispension reformPresident Emmanuel Macronstrike
Next Edition

Next Edition

Recommended For You

NAFDAC Warns On Recalled U.S. Supplements

NAFDAC Warns On Recalled U.S. Supplements

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians about the recall of certain multivitamins and iron supplements in the U.S. NAFDAC, via...

US Visa Applicants to Submit Social Media Handles, Email Addresses

US Cuts Nigerians’ Visa Validity To Three Months

  The United States Department of State has announced an update to its non-immigrant visa policy for Nigerian citizens. According to a press release issued by the US...

Many Trapped As Train Derails In Lagos next edition.

3 Children Killed As Train Crashes Into School Van

    About three children were killed and six others injured after a passenger train hit a school van attempting to cross a manned level crossing in the...

JAMB Eases Restrictions On Services To Aid pre-2020 Candidates

JAMB Releases Mop-up Exam Results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held on Saturday, June 28. In a statement yesterday...

Next Post
My Wife Fights Everybody, Man Tells Court

39-year-old Man Docked For Allegedly Stealing 24 MTN Backup Batteries




Related News

'Canelo' Alvarez v Rocky Fielding: Mexican lands third-round win at Madison Square Garden

‘Canelo’ Alvarez v Rocky Fielding: Mexican lands third-round win at Madison Square Garden

No money for Christmas, families cry out

No money for Christmas, families cry out

Civil Servants With Disabilities Appeal For Special Allowance

Give Equal Attention To PDWs In Election Reportage, Media Rights Agenda Urges journalists




The Next Edition

Office Address

3B, Agboola Aina street, Off Toyin Street,
Ikeja, Lagos.

Quick Contact Details

Phone:
08033018430
Whatsapp:
08051679910

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Categories

  • Aviation
  • Beauty
  • Breaking News
  • Business
  • Columnists
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Featured
  • Football
  • Foreign
  • Headline News
  • Home & Garden
  • Interviews
  • Investigations
  • North Central
  • North East
  • North West
  • Opinion
  • Parenting
  • Politics
  • Relationships
  • South East
  • South West
  • South-South
  • Special Reports
  • Sports
  • Top News
  • Vox Pops

© Next Edition Business Development Limited

  • About Us
  • Advert Rate
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate

© Next Edition Business Development Limited