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Added on the 18/10/2022 17:44:10 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Employees of Total and Esso continue their strike in front of the Esso site in Fos-sur-Mer at the call of the CGT union, while almost a third of the petrol stations in France are affected by shortages due to the blockade of refineries. IMAGES
Truck drivers in the U.K. are still stranded in lines 30 miles (48 km) long as disruption of traffic through the Channel Tunnel continues after four days of strikes by French ferry workers. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Thousands of passengers are awaiting more information at St Pancras International station in London as the result of a wildcat strike by workers operating the Channel Tunnel which has blocked train travel between France and Britain since midday on Thursday 21 December. IMAGES
The car of Arnaud Lagardère, principal shareholder of the Journal du dimanche (JDD), drives into the Paris car park of the weekly newspaper, where editorial staff remain on strike following the appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune, a far-right figure, as its editor. IMAGES
In Marseille, several thousand demonstrators against Emmanuel Macron's pension reform march in Marseille to oppose the extension of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years. IMAGES
Violence erupts at a protest for higher wages in Paris, which was sparked by fuel shortages and workers striking at refineries across France. Protesters also oppose the requisitioning of striking workers in refineries. The windows of a motorbike dealership are smashed during the protest on Boulevard Montparnasse. IMAGES