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Amazon Frances says it does not know when it will reopen its distribution sites after a court ruled it must review health rules to protect workers during the coronavirus crisis while restricting deliveries to essential goods only

Amazon closes operations in France after court orders Covid-19 safety review

Lawmakers in France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, hear Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s defence of the use of constitutional powers to force through a contested pension reform, 3 March 2020.

French government survives no-confidence votes over pension reform

More strikes to come? The intersyndicale union grouping wants a massive day of action on Tuesday 3 March to protest Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.

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Unions call for fresh strikes against expedited pension reform bill

Demonstrators outside the French National Assembly protesting the government's decision to invoke the constitution's Article 49.3 to bypass parliament and pass the contested pension reform bill, 29 February 2020.

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Unions reject PM's move to push through pension reform without vote

Edouard Philippe exercised Article 49-3 of the French consitution to "end the non-debate" over pension reform.

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French PM to push through pension reform without vote

Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of far-left opposition France Unbowed party and MP during the opening debate on the pension reform, 17 February 2020

French MPs to tackle thousands of ammendments to pension bill as debate opens

Serre Chevalier ski resort in the French Alps (for illustration purposes)

Macon's pension reform plans on slippery slope as ski resort workers strike

Health workers from the Saint-Louis hospital in Paris demonstrate on February 3, 2020.

'Broken-hearted' French hospital staff strike with St. Valentine flowers and balloons

MP Brigitte Bourguignon presided the special commission on pension reform in the National Assembly, which concluded work on Tuesday without examining all 22,000 amendments.

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Parliamentary commission fails to consider all 22,000 amendments to French pension reform bill

Doctor examines a medical image.

80 Paris hospital doctors resign over 'disgraceful' conditions

Overflowing trash bins in Paris, 4 February 2020, as waste incineration plants go on strike against the government's pension reform.

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Strike over French pension reform continues, with garbage piling high

A French lawyer holds a flare as he demonstrates during a strike against French government's pensions reform plans, in Nice, France.

Pension reform: debates kick off with 22,000 amendments

Dancers from Opera Garnier in Paris, performing Swan Lake as part of the pension reform protests, December 2019.

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Paris Opera holds first performance after seven weeks of pension strikes

Demonstrating against the proposed pension reforms, Paris, 24 Jan, 2020.

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Protestors return to the streets as pension reform law heads to parliament

Commuters walk on a platform at Gare du Nord railway station after 42 days of strike by all unions of the Paris transport network (RATP) and French SNCF workers, Paris, January 15, 2020.

Unions threaten 'black day' for transport in new pension battle

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a visit at the AstraZeneca factory in Dunkirk, northern France, on January 20, 2020, before the summit "Choose France".

Bombardier backs France as investment destination at mini Davos

Interior view of the fruit and vegetable pavilion at Rungis market.

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French workers cut electricity at world's largest market in pensions protest

Support rally for resigning doctors and heads of department on 14 January 2020 in Paris.

Why French public hospital workers have been on strike for 10 months

French police use tear gas to disperse protestors at an earlier Yellow Vest demonstration in Paris.

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Tear gas, arrests in new anti-Macron protest in Paris

The Louvre has reopened to visitors after striking workers blocked the entrances on Friday 17 January 2020.

Louvre reopens after pension reform strikers block entry

French labour unions and workers on strike attend a demonstration against French government's pensions reform plans in Paris as France faces its 43rd consecutive day of strikes January 16, 2020.

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Pension strikes wane but financial cost climbs to 1 billion

French prime minister Edouard Philippe says the government will carry on with its plans to reform the pensions system.

Pensions strikes have gone on far too long, says French PM Philippe

A train arrives at Montparnasse station in Paris.

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French public transport to improve on 42nd strike day

Paris-region commuters wait to board a train at the Chateau de Vincennes metro station as a strike against government plans to reform the pension system entered its 33rd consecutive day on Monday, 6 January 2020.

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More transport chaos expected as French strike enters day 41

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