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France Transport Strikes Set to Paralyse Roads on Thursday
Around 400,000 people are expected to strike and protest against austerity budget cuts, with unions coordinating walkouts across transport, healthcare, and public services sectors.
- On Thursday, September 18, France will experience widespread strikes accompanied by demonstrations, causing significant interruptions to transportation, schools, and various public services nationwide.
- The strikes are in opposition to the proposed draft budget, which features a halt to increases in social welfare benefits and other stringent cost-cutting measures introduced by the previous administration led by François Bayrou.
- Unions representing transport, healthcare, education, and other sectors coordinate walkouts and blockades, while schools see about one-third closed, and pharmacies largely shut.
- Authorities mobilized over 80,000 police officers, fearing that rioters may infiltrate demonstrations and cause disruptions amid an expected turnout of 800,000 to 900,000 protesters.
- The events deepen political instability as new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu holds consultations to form a viable government while opposition parties threaten no-confidence votes.
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·Berlin, Germany
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right3Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Left, 38% Center
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- 38% of the sources lean Left, 38% of the sources are Center
38% Center
L 38%
C 38%
R 23%
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