Millions protest against French pension reforms

Action on the public transport network began on Monday night and severe disruption is likely across the country. The French parliament today begins a debate over the plan to overhaul the pension system which will see the minimum retirement age raised from 60 to 62 years by the year 2018. Bernard Thibault, head of the CGT union, the country's largest, said he believed even more people would turn out than in June, when more than 800,000 took part in demonstrations. Schools are also expected to be affected badly by the mass walkout - the third of its kind since the start of the year. ...